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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.

SOCIAL CARE

Two-thirds of councils say they have brought in or increased charges for social care

05 March 2019

Two-thirds of councils in England who responded to a freedom of information (FOI) request said th...

FINANCE

Sunak rejects care funding criticism as 'unfair'

By Martin Ford | 05 March 2019

Opposition MPs have challenged the Government on the issue of adult social care funding.

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...

FINANCE

NHS organisations label social care funding a 'national disgrace'

By Martin Ford | 04 March 2019

The state of social care has been branded a 'national scandal and disgrace’ by a coalition of med...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Government must 'step up' on adult social care

By Ann McGauran | 28 February 2019

The council ranked the best at delivering most for the money it spends on adult social care has c...

FINANCE

Shared values breed success

By Adrian Loades | 28 February 2019

Redbridge LBC is ranked number one in the iMPOWER adult social care productivity rankings. Cllr M...

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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