CHILDREN'S SERVICES

New funding: A helping hand for care leavers

By Cllr Richard Kemp | 12 March 2024

The Care Leavers’ Programme provides a backbone of support for young adults and the benefits will...

SOCIAL CARE

Children's services commissioner appointed at Tameside

By Martin Ford | 12 March 2024

A commissioner for children’s services has been appointed at Tameside MBC in the wake of a watchd...

EDUCATION

Budget: Boost for preventative services 

By Martin Ford | 06 March 2024

Funding for preventative services has been announced as part of the Budget in an attempt to relie...

HEALTH

Reducing infant mortality in Sheffield

By Greg Fell | 06 March 2024

No one element made the difference when it came to reducing Sheffield’s disproportionately high i...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Children's needs not prioritised, service leaders warn

By Ellie Ames | 21 February 2024

Children’s services directors have raised concerns that Government policy does not prioritise chi...

SOCIAL CARE

Ofsted rates Havering's children's services inadequate

By Dan Peters | 16 February 2024

Havering LBC’s children’s services have been rated inadequate by Government regulator Ofsted afte...

HEALTH

Call for greater children's services involvement in policy

By Mark Conrad | 13 February 2024

Children’s services should be more involved in the policy that has led to police no longer attend...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Warwickshire probe over councillor SEND comments

By William Eichler | 07 February 2024

Warwickshire CC has launched an investigation after a video showed councillors making disparaging...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

SEND soars ahead in Herts

By Hero Slinn | 05 February 2024

Hertfordshire CC’s system-wide approach has made SEND everyone’s business, writes Hero Slinn.

DEVOLUTION

Plan to fight poverty

By Adrian Dougherty | 05 February 2024

Adrian Dougherty sets out lessons from a joined-up approach to addressing child poverty at North ...

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Chief Digital and Information Officer

£88,679 to £103,255

Now is a great time to look at joining Reading. Apply for this job

Reading Borough Council

Executive Director, Operations

£97,601 per annum

Ashfield is thriving. We are proud of our district and our ambition is to be ‘great’ across all our services. Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council

Assistant Director Legal, Governance and Coroners (Monitoring Officer)

£91,230-£102,921

Rochdale Borough Council is looking for a pioneering, passionate and proud Assistant Director of Legal, Governance and Coroners (Monitoring Officer). Apply for this job

Rochdale BC