Title
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Councils sent back to drawing board on SEND
By Dan Peters | 28 January 2020
Councils have been sent back to the drawing board after a quango ripped apart their plans to reco...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Examining the boarding school effect
By Paul Marinko | 28 January 2020
Councils appear to be reluctant to explore the option of placing the children they support at boa...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Keeping youngsters away from the edge
By Anne Stoker | 28 January 2020
The Edge of Care programme is breaking the cycle of children and young people becoming looked-aft...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Securing our future, today
By Rachel Dickinson | 28 January 2020
Rachel Dickinson warns of the dangers of not making significant long-term investment in children’...
FINANCE
Northamptonshire commissioners warn of financial risks
By Martin Ford | 28 January 2020
The funding of children’s services poses a ‘significant risk’ to Northamptonshire CC and the viab...
MANAGEMENT
Ofsted highlights 'serious and widespread failures' at council
By Chris Mahony | 27 January 2020
Children in Middlesbrough are being left at risk for too long because of failures in practice and...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
'There can be and will be no complacency'
By Joanne Roney | 23 January 2020
Joanne Roney says that while addressing past failures is ‘very necessary’, we must not lose sight...
FINANCE
Ofsted chief in 'blind spots' warning
By Paul Marinko | 21 January 2020
Ofsted’s chief has warned of ‘blind spots’ in the children’s services inspection system that coul...
WHITEHALL
Dozens of children in care sent north of border
By Paul Marinko | 20 January 2020
English councils are sending children in care hundreds of miles from their homes to secure accomm...
FINANCE
Councils 'unfairly disadvantaged' in asylum-seeking system
By Martin Ford | 20 January 2020
Two councils have pleaded with neighbouring authorities to step-up to take in more unaccompanied ...
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- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- Council backlash over asylum reforms
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- Future Forum: Reorganisation threat to transformation
- Future Forum: Councils urged to embrace Total Place
Engineering Team Manager (Transportation)
£53,460 - £56,732
Premium jobLead the way. Shape Calderdale’s transport future. 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
Lead Technical Architect
£51,356 - £55,539 per annum
Are you ready to step into a pivotal leadership role where your vision will define the future of the council’s entire technology landscape? Apply for this job
- Recruitment challenges restricting pace of Sandwell improvement, peers find
- Council backlash over asylum reforms
- Future Forum: Councils must put 'rules and tools' in place ahead of political change
- Future Forum: Reorganisation threat to transformation
- Future Forum: Councils urged to embrace Total Place
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