ECONOMIC GROWTH

Council in bid to renew Capita outsourcing deal

By Jamie Hailstone | 20 January 2015

Blackburn with Darwen Council has announced it wants to renegotiate its partnership with outsourc...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Tackling CSE needs more 'statutory teeth'

By Dan Peters | 20 January 2015

Chief executives have been urged to provide challenge as well as support to their council’s effor...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

'Still much to do' after Ofsted report

By Dan Peters | 20 January 2015

The new children’s services director at Manchester City Council has admitted there is still a lot...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Lack of DCSs hits directors' roles

By Dan Peters | 20 January 2015

A call to fight for the director of children’s services role amid an increasing trend towards cre...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA demands changes to Ofsted's 'blinkered' inspection regime

By Dan Peters | 20 January 2015

Councils in England and Wales have called for an overhaul in the way children’s services are insp...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Trade unions warn of funding crisis

By Jamie Hailstone | 16 January 2015

Council services in England are under threat from a growing funding crisis, trade union leaders h...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Je suis un intermédiaire

By Michael Burton | 14 January 2015

I hadn’t realised it was such a quiet news day what with 1m copies of Charlie Hebdo hitting the s...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall to increase use of 'external experts' to aid failing children's services

By Dan Peters | 13 January 2015

External experts will be increasingly called in to support weak or failing children’s social care...

ROTHERHAM ABUSE

Healey launches libel action against UKIP councillor

By Heather Jameson | 12 January 2015

Former local government minister and The MJ’s columnist, John Healey, has launched legal action a...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Birmingham's Knottenbelt to retire for second time

12 January 2015

Birmingham City Council’s head of adult learning Sue Knottenbelt has retired for the second time ...

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frederica-diamanta

Senior Finance Business Partner

£55,056 - £61,824 plus benefits and relocation support

Premium jobWe are proud of the track record that South Yorkshire Pensions Authority (SYPA) has achieved over a long period. Apply for this job

South Yorkshire Pensions Authority

Divisional Director of Adult Social Care -Transformation and Commissioning

£113,417 to £115,863

This role will be working with the statutory DASS role and the Divisional Director of Adult Social Care. Apply for this job

Torbay Council

Chief Executive

£186,000 - £221,000

Enfield Council is looking for an exceptional Chief Executive to lead one of London’s most dynamic and diverse boroughs. Apply for this job

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