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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...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Councillors press minister on SEND costs
By Martin Ford | 06 June 2025
A minister was pressed on financial challenges posed by children’s services when she appeared bef...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
'More to do' on diversity in DCS roles
By Joe Lepper | 22 May 2025
Diversity among children’s services chiefs has improved over the last year, but ‘there is still m...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Enter the matrix
By Colin Foster | 22 May 2025
As councils embark on local government reform, Colin Foster presents a matrix to support better o...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Auditors call for action on delays to children's care cases
By William Eichler | 21 May 2025
The proportion of children who are subject to care proceedings who have had to wait over a year t...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The importance of being dutiful
By Rachael Wardell | 21 May 2025
The success of expanded corporate parenting duties will be measured by whether care-experienced c...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Fostering success
By Julie Kelly | 12 May 2025
As Foster Care Fortnight begins, Hillingdon LBC is celebrating the successful recruitment of five...
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Catching the money falling between the silos
By Donna Hall | 11 May 2025
The goal of radical place leadership is to embed and systematise relational working, and research...
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- Ministers back down on forced mayors in devolution Bill
- Leeds City Council suffers huge fuel theft as Middle East conflict continues
- Devon reorganisation 'distracting' for region's emerging strategic authority, peers warn
- EXCLUSIVE: 'Illegal' deal to end Birmingham strike risks £200m equal pay bill
- Cotton 'deal' would land Birmingham in the mire
Partnership and Improvement Manager SEND WMF2888e
£51,356 to £52,413
Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? Apply for this job
Senior Employment Lawyer
PO6 - £54,267 to £57,402
Greenwich Legal Services is undergoing a period of transformation Apply for this job
Head of Transformation
£76,271- £88,631
Choose Challenge. Choose Change. Choose Cheshire East. Apply for this job
- Ministers back down on forced mayors in devolution Bill
- Leeds City Council suffers huge fuel theft as Middle East conflict continues
- Devon reorganisation 'distracting' for region's emerging strategic authority, peers warn
- EXCLUSIVE: 'Illegal' deal to end Birmingham strike risks £200m equal pay bill
- Cotton 'deal' would land Birmingham in the mire
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