ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Creating a brighter future

By Stephen Chandler | 13 December 2021

Imagine what adult social care could achieve if we back the White Paper’s ambitions and principle...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A whole lot of papers

By Jonathan Carr-West | 13 December 2021

December has been a tale of two White Papers. The one that is and the one that is yet to be, writ...

HEALTH

Scottish ministers defend Budget impact on councils

By Mark Conrad | 10 December 2021

Scottish Government ministers have defended the impact of country’s Budget on councils amid warni...

PAY

The future of social care remains precarious

By Amanda Kelly | 10 December 2021

The adult social care reform White Paper misses the opportunity to resolve the pressing issues of...

HEALTH

HMJ: People report 'poor' experience of using mental health services

By Laura Sharman | 08 December 2021

People’s experience of mental health care is at their lowest point in eight years, a new survey h...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

HMJ: Home care services facing 'invisible crisis'

By Laura Sharman | 08 December 2021

A think tank has warned that as many as 110,000 people could lose out on home care by April 2022 ...

PAY

Government must act now to meet urgent housing-with-care needs

By Kris Peach | 07 December 2021

The Government’s pay and career development proposals for care staff do not go far enough, and th...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Road to reform – a blurred vision 

By Dr Eleanor Roy | 07 December 2021

Achieving the Government’s vision for the future of adult social care will take much more investm...

WHITEHALL

Dementia tops COVID for care home death cause

By Michael Burton | 02 December 2021

Coronavirus was the second highest cause of deaths among care home residents behind dementia last...

SOCIAL CARE

Social care White Paper 'set up to fail'

By Martin Ford | 01 December 2021

The local government sector has praised the ambition of the long-awaited adult social care reform...

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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Children’s Social Care and Early Help

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Assistant Director Transformation

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frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director for Safeguarding

£108,258

Recognised for our innovation and investment, this is a fantastic opportunity to join our leadership team Apply for this job

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Children’s Social Care and Early Help

Salary: £108,312 - £125,565

At Thurrock we take a whole council approach to improving the lives of our children and young people, placing them at the heart of all that we do Apply for this job

Thurrock Borough Council

Assistant Director Transformation

£97,426 - £108,074

We are seeking an outstanding strategic leader and solutions-focused expert to play a pivotal role at this key moment for North Yorkshire Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council