OFSTED

Councils hit by improvement notices

By Martin Ford | 17 November 2023

Oldham MBC and Oxfordshire CC have received improvement notices for their services for children w...

WALES

Cutting through the stigma

By Amanda Hill-Dixon | 08 November 2023

Amanda Hill-Dixon gives her analysis of the findings of a report into poverty and social exclusion.

OFSTED

Lack of capacity hindering early help

By Martin Ford | 07 November 2023

A lack of capacity is hindering early help services for children and families, a joint report by ...

FINANCE

Call for curbs on agency staff

By Martin Ford | 03 November 2023

Curbs on social care agencies have been put forward as solutions to Bradford Council’s soaring st...

FINANCE

One in 10 county councils facing effective bankruptcy

By Ellie Ames | 01 November 2023

England’s county and unitary authorities are ‘running out of road’ to prevent insolvency, with on...

FINANCE

Bradford latest to issue section 114 warning

By Mark Whitehead | 31 October 2023

Bradford City Council has warned it may become the latest to declare an emergency section 114 not...

FINANCE

Councils are heading for the end of the line

By Andrew Blake-Herbert | 30 October 2023

There’s no time to lose. Financial pressure is mounting on councils and, says Andrew Blake-Herber...

WHITEHALL

Children's services 'absolute carnage'

By Mark Whitehead | 30 October 2023

The state of children’s services has been described as ‘absolute carnage’ after years of underfun...

FINANCE

Counties will once again be turning to the chancellor for emergency funding

By Joanna Killian | 30 October 2023

The Association of County Chief Executives will be supporting the County Councils’ Network on put...

WHITEHALL

Child abuse inquiry chair criticises Government response

By Mark Conrad | 23 October 2023

The chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has branded ministers’ respo...

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Chief Digital and Information Officer

£88,679 to £103,255

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Reading Borough Council

Executive Director, Operations

£97,601 per annum

Ashfield is thriving. We are proud of our district and our ambition is to be ‘great’ across all our services. Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council

Assistant Director Legal, Governance and Coroners (Monitoring Officer)

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