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SOCIAL CARE
Social care directors in honours list
By Michael Burton | 02 January 2018
Social services directors featured prominently in the New Year’s Honours List.
FINANCE
Child protection inquiry figures double in a decade
By Sam Clayden | 12 December 2017
Councils are undertaking more than double the number of child protection investigations than they...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Council chiefs 'must be sector leaders'
By Dan Peters | 18 October 2017
The Association of Directors of Children’s Services’ (ADCS) president has insisted serving counci...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Refuges 'not always right solution'
By Dan Peters | 17 October 2017
A top children’s services director has suggested refuges are ‘not always the right solution’ afte...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Government backs sector-led improvement for children's services
By Dan Peters | 12 October 2017
The Department for Education (DfE) has signalled a major policy shift with a £20m investment for ...
SOLACE
Are two roles too many?
By Chris Mahony | 04 October 2017
After a report into failings at Kirklees blamed the director’s duties at ADCS, Chris Mahony looks...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
A new hope for children's services?
By Dan Peters | 13 September 2017
At a crucial and at times troubling period for children’s services, and with new Ofsted leadershi...
HUMOUR
Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi...
16 August 2017
Milton Keynes’ corporate director for people caused a stir when he blogged that the history of se...
FINANCE
Exclusive: Councils face 'daily' struggle to place vulnerable kids
By Sam Clayden | 09 August 2017
The state of the children’s care market has been described as a ‘scar on the conscience of our co...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Griffin replaces retiring Rickards
02 August 2017
Sedgemoor DC has approved a new interim chief executive.
Director of Adult Social Care (DASS)
up to circa £114,000
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Director of Education & Skills
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An ambitious, high-performing council where education, inclusion and skills are central to shaping the future of the borough. Apply for this job
Director of Prosperity and Investment
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Director of Adult Social Care (DASS)
up to circa £114,000
An ambitious, innovative council where Adult Social Care is central to shaping the future of the borough. Apply for this job
Director of Education & Skills
up to circa £114,000
An ambitious, high-performing council where education, inclusion and skills are central to shaping the future of the borough. Apply for this job
Director of Prosperity and Investment
up to circa £114,000
An ambitious council delivering growth, regeneration and investment at scale. Apply for this job
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