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CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Inspectors criticise council's pace of improvement
By Dan Peters | 08 May 2019
The overall pace of improvement in Reading Council’s children’s services has ‘not been sufficient...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Call for inspection pause in case of Brexit hit
By Dan Peters | 10 April 2019
Council chiefs have urged Whitehall to be ready to ease pressures on the sector for up to six mon...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Newham failing vulnerable children - Ofsted
By Naomi Larsson | 01 April 2019
Vulnerable children in are being ‘failed’ by Newham LBC, an Ofsted report has found.
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children 'not being protected' by Stoke-on-Trent City Council
By Laura Sharman | 19 March 2019
Children’s social care services are ‘inadequate’ at Stoke-on-Trent City Council, according to the...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
New directors help children's services improve
By Dan Peters | 14 March 2019
A new senior leadership team has brought ‘drive, energy and focus’ to Croydon LBC’s efforts to im...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Local areas must face up to the scale of child criminal exploitation
By Anne Longfield | 04 March 2019
Children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield says her recent report on improving the safegu...
NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE
Public audit will soon need a spring clean
By David Walker | 19 February 2019
John Tizard and David Walker make the case for a new way of auditing how public money is spent th...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Worcestershire children's services improve
By Martin Ford | 19 February 2019
Ofsted has found Worcestershire CC has made progress in raising the standards of its children’s s...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Councils caught in the middle
By Bob Neill | 13 February 2019
Bob Neill says nailing down a robust framework to strengthen scrutiny is an essential part of the...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Staff turnover holding back Gloucestershire's 'inadequate' children's services
By Martin Ford | 08 February 2019
Gloucestershire CC is ‘making insufficient progress’ in improving its children’s services, accord...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Toxic member behaviour risks local government excellence
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- Suffolk to make decision on legal challenge to reorganisation
Director of Adults Commissioning and Provider Services
£100,731 - £104,625
To help us realise this vision, we are seeking an exceptional Director of Adults Commissioning and Provider Services Apply for this job
Director of Legal and Governance
£109,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
Executive Director of Finance
£131,000
The new Cumbria Combined Authority has been established to unlock that potential. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds
- Basildon chief hits out at member behaviour
- Toxic member behaviour risks local government excellence
- EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists
- Suffolk to make decision on legal challenge to reorganisation
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