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IMPROVEMENT
Children's services under pressure at embattled council
By Dan Peters | 11 October 2018
Powys CC’s children’s services remain ‘under considerable pressure’ as the council attempts to im...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The car's the star
10 October 2018
Buckinghamshire CC’s children’s services lead, Cllr Warren Whyte, might need a quick getaway.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Adopting strengths-based approaches
By Ewan King | 03 October 2018
To deliver improved children’s social care, we need to focus on people’s strengths, and not just ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Britain's betrayal of childhood
03 October 2018
Is childhood across Britain in crisis? The answer in a new book by Sir Al Aynsley-Green is ‘yes’...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The worst is yet to come
03 October 2018
There’s still no pledge from Government to put more cash into services for children and families....
EDUCATION
Give councils power to intervene over 'zombie academies' - Labour
24 September 2018
The forced academisation of schools would end and councils would be empowered to take over failin...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Councils 'failing disabled parents'
By Chris Mahony | 21 September 2018
Social care authorities are failing disabled parents by viewing their impairment as a risk to chi...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Powys faces 'long improvement journey'
By Dan Peters | 18 September 2018
Powys CC has ‘much more to do’ to improve its children’s services, senior councillors have been t...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Welsh councils call for ring-fenced preventative funding
By Laura Sharman | 18 September 2018
A new preventative fund should be created in Wales to help ease the strain on children’s services...
FINANCE
Social work is a special case
By Blair McPherson | 14 September 2018
If the rubbish bins aren’t collected and pot holes aren’t filled, the public protests will be lon...
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- Labour Conference: McMahon will 'come back stronger' on LGR
- Downgrading councils who use illegal children's homes holds sector to 'unattainable standard'
- Labour Conference: Burnham's shift to universal care
- Gloucester City Council left without leader
- Neighbourhood health must tackle the inequalities on Whitehall's doorstep
Engineering Team Manager (Highways Assets)
Special A, SCP 42-45, £55,224 - £58,605 pa
You will be responsible for the Councils asset management system, and ensuring all data is valid and current. Apply for this job
Communities Locality Lead
£53,051 - £57,372 per annum
We’re looking for an inspiring, community‑focused leader to join our Localities Service as the Communities team Locality Lead for Selby & Ainsty. Apply for this job
Director of Place
£125k plus Distant Islands Allowance
This is a key strategic role in supporting the economic success of our islands Apply for this job
- Labour Conference: McMahon will 'come back stronger' on LGR
- Downgrading councils who use illegal children's homes holds sector to 'unattainable standard'
- Labour Conference: Burnham's shift to universal care
- Gloucester City Council left without leader
- Neighbourhood health must tackle the inequalities on Whitehall's doorstep
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