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EDUCATION

Rogers blows whistle on policies

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015

Birmingham City Council’s chief executive has urged other councils to check their whistleblowing ...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Rogue tweeters are silenced

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 January 2015

The chief executive of Cheshire East Council has intervened in a row over local authority staff h...

BUSINESS

LGiU report gets to grips with how to build more homes

By MJ reporter | 13 January 2015

The Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) is producing a new report looking at how councils ca...

WHITEHALL

£6.8m aid to round up missing voters

By Jonathan Werran | 13 January 2015

Ministers have given local authorities the lion’s share of a further £10m funding to boost the nu...

WHITEHALL

Councils deny 'back-door merger' claims

By MJ reporter | 13 January 2015

Wolverhampton City Council and Telford & Wrekin Council have rubbished claims by MP Mark Pritchar...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall to increase use of 'external experts' to aid failing children's services

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015

External experts will be increasingly called in to support weak or failing children’s social care...

FINANCE

Wales faces council tax hike

By Heather Jameson | 13 January 2015

Councils in Wales are expected to raise council tax rates by 3%-5%, it has been revealed.

FINANCE

Complex accounts 'obstacle to public scrutiny'

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015

Finance chiefs have been lobbying the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) over...

FINANCE

Legal panel paves way for LGPS framework expansion

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015

A panel of legal advisors have been appointed as the number of frameworks available for members o...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Hampshire Community Bank project goes ahead

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015

Backers of what is hoped will be the first community bank of its kind in the country believe the ...

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Children's Social Workers - Family Help Service

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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth

Children's Social Workers - Children Looked After

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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth

Director of Business Solutions

£133,234

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Tees Valley Combined Authority

frederica-diamanta

Children's Social Workers - Family Help Service

Up to £52,767 per annum (subject to experience) p

Are you a passionate and experienced Social Worker ready to change lives and shape futures? Apply for this job

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth

Children's Social Workers - Children Looked After

Up to £52,767 per annum (subject to experience) p

Are you a passionate and experienced Social Worker ready to change lives and shape futures? Apply for this job

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth

Director of Business Solutions

£133,234

This is a unique opportunity to play a central role in shaping the region’s economic future and driving long-term prosperity. Apply for this job

Tees Valley Combined Authority