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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Keeping Calderdale's children closer to home
By Julie Jenkins | 02 March 2021
Calderdale is committed to developing more local and personalised provision for children and youn...
FINANCE
Children's services face £824m budget gap
By Martin Ford | 24 February 2021
The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has said the amount was required just ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Long-term funding for local government looks ominous
17 February 2021
In her first column for The MJ, and in her role as the incoming president of the Society of Count...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Flexing practice in response to COVID in Surrey
By Rachael Wardell | 17 February 2021
Rachael Wardell reveals how promoting flexibility in Surrey CC’s usual practice is one of the big...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Reasons to be hopeful
By Tim Aldridge | 17 February 2021
Newham LBC’s children’s services is rising to the demands of the third lockdown, while continuing...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children's tsar - Families should be at the centre of MPs' plans
By Ann McGauran | 15 February 2021
Radical reforms in the wake of the pandemic should include rebuilding a government department tha...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Guidance issued on school polling stations
By Martin Ford | 11 February 2021
Returning officers have been told schools used as polling stations should be given back for teach...
OFSTED
Intervention ends at Reading
By Martin Ford | 09 February 2021
Government intervention in Reading Council’s children’s services has come to an end after five ye...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Finding more funding
By Martin Ford | 02 February 2021
A flurry of Government grants have been received by local authorities in the wake of the pandemic...
OFSTED
Medway's children's services commissioner is stood down
By Ann McGauran | 01 February 2021
Medway Council will continue to run its own children’s services after the independent commissione...
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Assistant Director Improvement
£88,671 - £97,706 per annum
This is an exceptional opportunity for a senior leader with expertise in children’s social care Apply for this job
Service Manager - Family Help Team
£59,353 - £60,391
You will provide strong, visible and effective leadership to Team Managers, Practice Supervisors, Social Workers and Family Help Apply for this job
Children's Home Registered Manager
PO8 - £63,966 to £67,575
You will provide the leadership, insight and compassion needed to create a home where young people feel safe, valued and supported. Apply for this job
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