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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Call for change after Sara Sharif murder
By Dan Peters | 12 December 2024
Some 485 children in England died or were seriously harmed by abuse or neglect in a year, a repor...
WHITEHALL
State will operate 'more like a start-up'
By Ann McGauran | 10 December 2024
The launch of a £100m fund to pioneer public sector reform and deliver the Government’s Plan for ...
SEND
No more SEND deficit agreements
By Martin Ford | 10 December 2024
The Government will not strike any more safety valve agreements for councils with financial defic...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Future Forum North - North West heads list for unregulated placements
By Paul Marinko | 05 December 2024
Cheshire East Council’s interim executive director of children’s services has revealed that the N...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Croydon children's services 'good' rating is a strong foundation
By Debbie Jones | 04 December 2024
Croydon’s ‘good’ Ofsted rating for children’s services is no mean achievement as it aims at being...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Continuing to help young people into adulthood
By Deborah Crossan Managing Director – Children, Families and Education, IMPOWER Consulting | 03 December 2024
'IMPOWER's work with local authorities has led to children and young people being better prepared...
NCASC 24
Government going 'upstream' to help families
By Ann McGauran | 28 November 2024
The new Government is going ‘upstream’ to address problems, with reforms focused on early interve...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
500% rise in unregistered and illegal home use
By Dan Peters | 27 November 2024
The number of vulnerable children in care placed in unregistered and illegal homes has shot up by...
NCASC 24
Avoiding the abyss
By Ann McGauran | 26 November 2024
ADCS president Andy Smith talks to Ann McGauran ahead of the National Children and Adult Services...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's social care reform must be more than money
By Heather Jameson | 20 November 2024
Heather Jameson says the education secretary has called for financial transparency and power to i...
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£188,576 - £201,902 (pay award pending)
Join us for a rare opportunity to lead one of the UK’s newest and most ambitious councils Apply for this job
Finance Development Accountant
Band I (£55,609 to £59,025)
Sandwell Council’s Finance Division is seeking a proactive Finance Development Accountant on a full-time permanent basis Apply for this job
LGR Programme Director
Up to £120k
This is a once in a generation opportunity to shape the future of local government in Worcestershire. Apply for this job
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