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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Putting children front and centre

By Cllr Hannah Dalton | 23 July 2025

The District Councils’ Network has joined with the Staff College to create a route map for counci...

DISTRICT COUNCILS' NETWORK

DCN: 'Essential' role of districts in setting up new children's services

By Martin Ford | 23 July 2025

District councils will be ‘essential’ to establishing new children’s services through local gover...

ADCS

LGR could put service improvement at risk, says ADCS leader

By Ann McGauran | 16 July 2025

Local government reorganisation could put the delivery of better services for children and famili...

ADCS

ADCS Conference: £53m for new DoL placements

By Ann McGauran | 10 July 2025

The Government has allocated £53m to create 200 new council-run placements for children deprived ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Call for Government to fix 'broken' children's social care

By Ann McGauran | 10 July 2025

Urgent action is needed to fix a ‘broken’ children’s social care system and give all young people...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Changing childhood: Listening, understanding, responding

By Helen Lincoln | 08 July 2025

In the context of a new era of child-centred government and local government reform, the findings...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Preventing abuse from happening must be our ultimate goal

By Rachael Wardell | 04 July 2025

As leaders of children’s services prepare to gather for their annual conference next week, Rachae...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Tameside rejects shortlisted candidates to replace Stewart

By Emily Twinch | 24 June 2025

Crisis-hit Tameside MBC has decided not to proceed with any of the applicants it had shortlisted ...

SAFEGUARDING

Councils need to step up and get a grip on CSE

By Heather Jameson | 19 June 2025

There has been political inaction across the major parties on child sexual exploitation, spanning...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Councils warned to be 'open to scrutiny' in grooming gangs inquiry

By Martin Ford | 17 June 2025

There has been a ‘collective failure’ to address questions about the ethnicity of perpetrators wh...

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Lewisham London Borough Council

Director of Families, Quality & Commissioning

£126,543 to £132,441

Keep children safe. Strengthen families. Lead with purpose. Apply for this job

Lewisham London Borough Council

Executive Director of Adult Social Care & Health (DASS)

£166,755 to £173,133

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frederica-diamanta

Director of Property

£113,334 to £119,346

Shape the estate. Enable services. Deliver social value. Apply for this job

Lewisham London Borough Council

Director of Families, Quality & Commissioning

£126,543 to £132,441

Keep children safe. Strengthen families. Lead with purpose. Apply for this job

Lewisham London Borough Council

Executive Director of Adult Social Care & Health (DASS)

£166,755 to £173,133

Lewisham is defined by energy, diversity and ambition. Apply for this job

Lewisham London Borough Council

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