SOCIAL CARE

Tens of thousands more adults seeking care, think-tank finds

By Martin Ford | 26 April 2019

Rising disability among working-age adults and a growth in the number of over-65s is increasing p...

FINANCE

Select committee chair urges scrapping of social care Green Paper

By Martin Ford | 25 April 2019

A senior backbencher has called for the social care Green Paper to be scrapped.

FINANCE

Uncertainty 'unacceptable' for council budget planners

By Martin Ford | 12 April 2019

Financial uncertainty in local government has reached an ‘unacceptable’ level, it has been claimed.

WHITEHALL

Social care precept 'avoided catastrophe'

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2019

The introduction of the social care precept ‘avoided catastrophe’ but the sector still faces a fu...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Investing to save in Havering

By Barbara Nicholls | 09 April 2019

Havering LBC came third in the iMPOWER list of the top councils for providing adult social care. ...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

White Van Man on... modern care

09 April 2019

It’s great all this technology which means our old folk can potter about at home with just Alexa ...

WHITEHALL

Government misses fifth deadline for social care Green Paper

By Martin Ford | 01 April 2019

The publication of the Government’s long-awaited adult social care Green Paper has been delayed f...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Risk-taking in social care provision can yield results, study finds

By Martin Ford | 27 March 2019

Councils have been urged to be more ‘courageous’ in their adult social care provision.

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Hampshire invests £67m in care tech project

By Martin Ford | 21 March 2019

Hampshire CC is to invest up to £67m in technology in a bid to improve care and bring down costs.

HEALTH

Councils transfer services amid healthcare trust closure

By Martin Ford | 20 March 2019

A healthcare trust running care services across two counties has announced it is likely to close.

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Group Leader – Estates

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Barnsley Council is seeking a Group Leader – Estates to join the team based in Barnsley. Apply for this job

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