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WHITEHALL

Lack of 'clarity' hampering child protection

By Martin Ford | 29 April 2021

Improvements in multi-agency leadership locally and cross-government strategy nationally are requ...

SOCIAL CARE

A creative vision for Newham

By Tim Aldridge | 20 April 2021

There is now greater optimism that Newham LBC is reaching a tipping point in its improvement jour...

BUSINESS

Police investigate children's homes after suspensions

By Dan Peters | 13 April 2021

Police are investigating the closure of two Doncaster-based children’s homes suspended by Ofsted ...

OFSTED

Boarding home closures prompt council response

By Mark Conrad | 30 March 2021

Councils have been called on to help accommodate children with special educational needs after tw...

OFSTED

Intervention at Blackpool to end

By Martin Ford | 15 March 2021

A commissioner has recommended intervention in children’s services at Blackpool Council should co...

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...

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...

OFSTED

Warwickshire bid to bring its children back into the fold

By Cllr Jeff Morgan | 20 January 2021

A Warwickshire CC-operated children’s residential care home is in the pipeline. It will bring tho...

OFSTED

West Sussex to keep control of children's services for at least a year

By Laura Sharman | 11 December 2020

West Sussex CC will keep control of its children’s services for at least another year following i...

SOCIAL CARE

Ofsted warns of unseen child abuse

By Martin Ford | 26 November 2020

Opportunities to protect children at risk of harm are being missed due to the pandemic, Ofsted ha...

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Road Safety Manager

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Gloucestershire County Council

Head of Neighbourhood Operations

£68,268 - £72,640

This is a deliberate, innovative approach to collaboration, designed to unlock scale, capability and influence Apply for this job

Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent Councils

Director of Commissioning, Procurement & Contract Management

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