FINANCE

LGA joins opposition to 'golden hellos'

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 September 2016

Council leaders have joined officers in calling for a ban on independent agencies offering foster...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Directors call for ban on fostering golden hellos

By Dan Peters | 05 August 2016

Children’s services directors have called for private agencies to be banned from offering golden ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Call to review home school rules

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2016

Luton Council will call for a review of home education regulations in a letter to the Government ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Hill: Councils best placed to run schools

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 July 2016

Children’s services chiefs have called for a ‘meaningful relationship’ between Whitehall and loca...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Officers could be identified under future Ofsted rules

By Sam Clayden | 28 June 2016

Poor performing local authority chief executives and their management teams could be named and sh...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Chiefs hit back at TV exposé

By Mark Whitehead | 02 June 2016

Social services directors have hit back after Birmingham City Council was featured in a highly-cr...

WHITEHALL

Councils' rage at being cut out of schools funding plans

By Jamie Hailstone | 19 April 2016

Government plans to cut councils out of the schools funding equation have come in for sharp criti...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Under the microscope

By Stuart Gallimore | 12 April 2016

How often should staff come under scrutiny? Stuart Gallimore says inspectors must recognise the l...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

A safe way forward

By Dave Hill | 06 April 2016

As he takes on the role of president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, Dave...

WHITEHALL

Osborne's schools pledge 'misleading'

By Sam Clayden | 22 March 2016

Council chief executives and experts have hit back at chancellor George Osborne’s drive to free s...

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Head of Tourism – North Yorkshire Council

£56,443-£64,951

Our visitor economy is a priority sector for us. It adds over £4 billion of economic value a year... Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council

Deputy Director Adult Social Care Operations

£96,625 - £114,585

Transform Communities, Lead with Compassion – Be the Driving Force in Adult Social Care Apply for this job

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

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