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WHITEHALL

SOLACE Summit: Rates reforms could put sector in 'straitjacket'

By Dan Peters | 08 October 2015

The Society of Local Authority Chief Executive’s finance policy spokesman has suggested chancello...

FINANCE

£1.1m to expand Shared Lives programme

06 October 2015

More than £1m has been raised by a not-for-profit organisation to support the expansion of a pers...

SOCIAL CARE

Teetering on the edge

By Paul Carter | 06 October 2015

Cllr Paul Carter asks how the social care market can be salvaged from breaking point.

SOCIAL CARE

CQC raps quality of adult care services

By Jamie Hailstone | 30 September 2015

More than a third of adult social care services have been rated as requiring improvement or inade...

SOCIAL CARE

Families are over charged for care, says Ombudsman

By Heather Jameson | 24 September 2015

Families are being forced to pay top up fees for elderly care due to confusing or incorrect infor...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Councils facing 'tipping point' over future services collapse

By Mark Whitehead | 22 September 2015

Stark warnings have been issued by big city councils that they could fail to provide statutory se...

FINANCE

Looking at the long-term

By Cllr Izzi Secombe | 22 September 2015

Growing demand and shrinking resources are placing severe pressures on social care for adults, ac...

HEALTH

Care sector chiefs warn of 'deaths' if market fails

22 September 2015

Care sector bosses have warned homes could close and residents could die, unless the Government h...

FINANCE

Standing at the sky's edge

By Mark Rogers | 22 September 2015

Mark Rogers considers the financial precipice facing local government and asks what to do about s...

HEALTH

Birmingham chief issues social care funding warning

22 September 2015

The head of the UK’s biggest local authority has warned that health and social care services are ...

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frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director – Adults & Health

£176,061 – £196,002

Lead Change. Shape Lives. Be Part of Something New. Apply for this job

Newham London Borough Council

Assistant Director, People

£89,116 - £104,843 per annum

Experience the best of both worlds with our flexible hybrid working arrangements. Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Executive Director (Children’s Services)

up to £137,831

Are you an experienced and inspirational leader of Children’s Services? Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council