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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Optimistic nihilism

By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 July 2023

It feels like local government is close to breaking point, but it doesn’t have to be this way, sa...

SOCIAL CARE

Technology can deliver a long-term solution to the discharge problem

By Julie Tyas | 29 June 2023

Utilising technology is a key way to reduce delayed discharge and support person-centred care, sa...

WHITEHALL

Enough chaos and confusion, now we need solutions

By Heather Jameson | 28 June 2023

No one got everything right during the pandemic, but the early days showed a failure of central G...

WHITEHALL

Hancock: Whitehall oversight of care was terrible

By Mark Conrad | 27 June 2023

Whitehall oversight of adult social care before Covid-19 was ‘terrible’ and officials had no unde...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Digging deep for much-needed reserves

By Ann McGauran | 26 June 2023

The latest Association of Directors of Adult Social Services spring survey shows a steep increase...

HEALTH

Discharge delays overwhelming hospitals, NAO finds

By Martin Ford | 22 June 2023

Delays to patient discharges have played a key role in overwhelming hospitals, according to a rep...

HEALTH

Unlock some of the held-back adult social care reform funding

By Beverley Tarka | 20 June 2023

While the first survey of adult social care directors since the pandemic contains some good news,...

SOCIAL CARE

More councils rely on reserves to balance care budgets

20 June 2023

Adult social care is on a ‘slide into unsustainability,’ with a growing proportion of directors r...

SOCIAL CARE

The shifting landscape of adult social care

13 June 2023

Local Partnerships can help local authorities in a number of ways with care for working age and o...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

When will we give social care the attention it deserves?

By Heather Jameson | 13 June 2023

Could the Fabian Society's plans for a national care service be one of the first signs of a polit...

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Area Principal Educational Psychologist

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Durham County Council

Chief Operating Officer and Section 151 Officer

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Cornwall Council

Director of Children and Young People’s Services

£171,760

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Durham County Council

frederica-diamanta

Area Principal Educational Psychologist

£65,432 - £69,399 Soulbury Scale B 8-11 (plus SPA points up to £73,412)

We are looking for an experienced Educational Psychologist with good interpersonal and communication skills who is ready to step up into a Senior Educ Apply for this job

Durham County Council

Chief Operating Officer and Section 151 Officer

£135,406-£171,760

Shape the future of one of the UK’s most ambitious and distinctive places. Apply for this job

Cornwall Council

Director of Children and Young People’s Services

£171,760

Are you ready to lead one of the UK’s most ambitious and high-performing children’s services? Apply for this job

Durham County Council