Title
PEOPLE
Slough Children First appoints new chair
By Martin Ford | 01 June 2021
Slough Council has announced the appointment of Tony Hunter as the new chair of Slough Children F...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Call to tackle children's services 'postcode lottery'
By Martin Ford | 27 May 2021
National standards are needed to tackle variation in the quality of children’s services, the Hou...
HOUSING
Using creative housing strategies to improve fostering
By Helen Costa | 26 May 2021
Helen Costa discusses the urgent issue of lack of capacity in fostering and looks at what solutio...
HOUSING
Government announces £50m boost for care leavers
By William Eichler | 24 May 2021
The Government today announced a £51m funding boost to help councils support care leavers and hav...
WELFARE
'Alarming' rise in child poverty in North East
By Martin Ford | 19 May 2021
Research has found the top 10 local authority areas with the greatest increase in child poverty w...
OFSTED
Herefordshire handed improvement notice
By Martin Ford | 19 May 2021
The Government has issued an improvement notice to Herefordshire Council over ‘serious concerns’ ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Call for council powers over school exclusions
By Martin Ford | 13 May 2021
Relations between schools and councils dominated an evidence-gathering session of the House of Lo...
WHITEHALL
Child protection to be 'reset'
By Martin Ford | 12 May 2021
Child protection will not return to the pre-pandemic norm, a top Department for Education officia...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
We must give better support to COVID's young carers
By Charlotte Ramsden | 12 May 2021
The pandemic has led to more children and young people taking on new caring roles, and they need ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Innovating for a fairer start
By Tom Symons | 12 May 2021
Early years and education is one of Nesta’s three focus areas for the next decade. Tom Symons out...
Area Team Leader - Development Management
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Area Team Leader - Development Management
£51,356 - £53,460
This is an exciting time to join the Kirklees Council Development Management team. Apply for this job
Resource Manager
Grade 12 35 hours, Permanent
Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with complex Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? Apply for this job
Programme Director (LGR Transition)
£121k – £134k (fixed term 2 years with option to extend)
Hertfordshire is embarking on one of the most significant transformations in its public services for a generation. Apply for this job
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