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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Merger set to create second biggest care provider
By Martin Ford | 17 August 2018
A care firm would become the second largest provider in the country if it succeeds in taking over...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Getting a grip on children's services costs
By Dan Peters | 15 August 2018
Although the focus of social services budgets is on adult care costs, it is children’s services t...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Back to school
13 August 2018
Parents taking their kids out of school to go on holiday is a perennial problem for councils.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Qualified opinion for Lancashire accounts
By MJ reporter | 09 August 2018
Lancashire CC’s auditors have issued a qualified opinion on the county’s value for money work ami...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Fostering opinion
By Rachel Dickinson | 08 August 2018
Rachel Dickinson reacts to recent Government activity reviewing fostering activity across the cou...
FINANCE
Children's services: the lives behind the numbers
By Robin Tuddenham | 08 August 2018
Behind talk of crisis and budget pressures are children, families and our workforce. It is time t...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
30 hours make the difference
By Mark Sutton | 08 August 2018
Staffordshire CC is one of eight authorities piloting the Department for Education’s 30 hours sch...
EDUCATION
Bristol SEND ruling 'could have wider implications'
By Martin Ford | 06 August 2018
A court ruling that ordered a council to reverse cuts to provisions for pupils with special educa...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's services progress 'satisfactory' at Worcestershire
By Martin Ford | 03 August 2018
‘Satisfactory progress’ is being made by Worcestershire children’s services, but ‘much work remai...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Stop trying to explain away poor performance
By Abdool Kara | 01 August 2018
The sector needs to be more open and honest about poor performance, writes Abdool Kara.
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Interim Head of Commissioning (Children & Families)
£71,513 - £80,593
You will play a pivotal role in developing sustainable, high-quality services while building strong partnerships across health, education, social care Apply for this job
Director of Governance and Civic Services
c£130,000
As the Council’s statutory Monitoring Officer, you will champion strong governance and integrity Apply for this job
Chief Digital & Data Officer
£90,743 - £102,584
You will lead development of our strategy a broad digital, data and technology service and influence how we use data, insight, automation and AI Apply for this job
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