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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.
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Chief Quality Officer
£150,892 plus car allowance (£8,153-£10,192)
At Alternative Futures Group, we believe quality is not measured by processes alone. It is measured by the difference we make to people's lives. Apply for this job
Executive Director Adult Social Care and Health (DASS)
£161,239 - £177,363 plus benefits
This is not a maintenance role. It is a transformation leadership opportunity: to bring services and cultures together. Apply for this job
Assistant Director of Legal and Governance (Deputy Monitoring Officer)
£91,639 to £99,427
We are seeking someone with a strong grounding in local government law and governance, or experience gained in a similar environment. Apply for this job
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