WHITEHALL

Drive to check council readiness for Brexit

By Dan Peters | 19 September 2019

The Department for Education (DfE) is attempting to gain a better understanding of school sector ...

WELFARE

Beware the 'pandemonium' of UC

By John Cooper | 18 September 2019

It’s all change – again – at the top of the Department for Work and Pensions. But where does the ...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Tackling youth crime: building the evidence for what really works

By Dr Jane O'Brien | 17 September 2019

The Youth Endowment Fund is a bold attempt to put early intervention at the heart of efforts to k...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Putting a public health approach at the heart of the response

By Heather Flinders | 17 September 2019

Waltham Forest LBC has had a longstanding commitment to tackling youth gang culture. But Heather ...

THIRD SECTOR

Directors dismiss 'recruiting sergeants' claim

By Mark Conrad | 17 September 2019

Children’s services directors have dismissed as ‘wholly inappropriate’ MPs’ claims that councils ...

FINANCE

Positive results found for axed project

By Paul Marinko | 16 September 2019

A University of Oxford report has revealed a since-scrapped Essex CC initiative led to a dramatic...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Our Ofsted journey: from inadequate to good in two years

By Will Tuckley | 12 September 2019

Turning round children’s services in Tower Hamlets in two years was a ‘mighty struggle,’ says Wil...

EDUCATION

A flexible plan for every sick child

By Jane le Sage | 11 September 2019

North Yorkshire CC is proposing to adopt a virtual school approach and more options for learning ...

FINANCE

What's the demand for children's social care?

By Tony Kirkham | 11 September 2019

In the North-East there has been a 55.7% growth in the average number of looked after children pe...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Repairing children's services is an investment worth making

By Heather Jameson | 11 September 2019

Spending more on services to stop the rising costs of taking children into care must be worth the...

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Group Leader – Estates

£57,998 - £62,878 per annum

Barnsley Council is seeking a Group Leader – Estates to join the team based in Barnsley. Apply for this job

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Executive Director of Adult Social Care & Health

£144,162 - £154,535

Premium jobResponsibilities include providing strategic direction and excellent overall leadership and management of Adult Social Care services Apply for this job

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Executive Director of Resources

£139,185 - £148,810

We’re making a difference, be part of it! Apply for this job

South Gloucestershire Council