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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Rotherham: a place that needed good news

By Heather Jameson | 29 January 2018

Rotherham MBC has finally achieved a positive Ofsted rating. The council is now trying to turn ar...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Norfolk CC is back on the march

By Sam Clayden | 24 January 2018

After five years as an ‘inadequate’ authority, Norfolk CC’s children’s services have seen a turna...

EUROPEAN UNION

Storm clouds gather over the sector

By Michael Burton | 16 January 2018

A wave of reports last month on the impact of Brexit on local government signals its rise on the ...

HEALTH

The fall of the tri-borough

By Dan Peters | 16 January 2018

Dan Peters looks back at the events leading to the collapse of the tri-borough and asks how the t...

FINANCE

'The finance system is broken beyond the next few years'

By Heather Jameson | 11 January 2018

With the provisional local government finance settlement published so late in the day before Chri...

FINANCE

A leap into the unknown

By Sam Clayden | 13 December 2017

Sam Clayden guides us through the biggest events of a tumultuous year.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A response to the Industrial Strategy white paper

By Sam Clayden | 05 December 2017

Shaping the Industrial Strategy is among the most pressing challenges facing local authority lead...

FINANCE

Budget that gives no one any certainty

By Dan Corry | 29 November 2017

We don’t have a stable situation and things will have to change, writes Dan Corry, as he dissect...

FINANCE

Budget forecasting for public finances is hit and miss

By Michael Burton | 29 November 2017

One conclusion from covering many Budgets is that forecasting is more an art than a science, writ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

'The future is cities and local government'

By Sam Clayden | 22 November 2017

As local and national leaders from across the Commonwealth gather in Malta, Dr Greg Munro speaks...

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Area Principal Educational Psychologist

£65,432 - £69,399 Soulbury Scale B 8-11 (plus SPA points up to £73,412)

We are looking for an experienced Educational Psychologist with good interpersonal and communication skills who is ready to step up into a Senior Educ Apply for this job

Durham County Council

Chief Operating Officer and Section 151 Officer

£135,406-£171,760

Shape the future of one of the UK’s most ambitious and distinctive places. Apply for this job

Cornwall Council

Director of Children and Young People’s Services

£171,760

Are you ready to lead one of the UK’s most ambitious and high-performing children’s services? Apply for this job

Durham County Council

frederica-diamanta

Area Principal Educational Psychologist

£65,432 - £69,399 Soulbury Scale B 8-11 (plus SPA points up to £73,412)

We are looking for an experienced Educational Psychologist with good interpersonal and communication skills who is ready to step up into a Senior Educ Apply for this job

Durham County Council

Chief Operating Officer and Section 151 Officer

£135,406-£171,760

Shape the future of one of the UK’s most ambitious and distinctive places. Apply for this job

Cornwall Council

Director of Children and Young People’s Services

£171,760

Are you ready to lead one of the UK’s most ambitious and high-performing children’s services? Apply for this job

Durham County Council