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FINANCE

Service provision is healthy but not sustainable, warns report

By Hiba Mahamadi | 12 February 2018

Scottish councils will find it difficult to provide services at their current level, new data pub...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Councils 'close to collapse' despite extra cash offer

By Mark Conrad | 08 February 2018

Councils remain ‘perilously close’ to financial collapse despite an additional £166m to support s...

FINANCE

The MJ/LGiU finance survey: The balancing act continues

By Dan Peters | 06 February 2018

Children's services has emerged as the new biggest risk facing the sector, overtaking adult socia...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Fund the biggest pressures nationally and the rest through a progressive local tax

By Paul Wheeler | 06 February 2018

It is time we broke our fixation with Brexit and focused on issues of real concern, writes Paul W...

WHITEHALL

Javid finds extra £166m in final settlement

By Mark Conrad | 06 February 2018

Local government secretary Sajid Javid has found an additional £166m to ease spending pressures i...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Business rates cannot fund public health, committee told

By Hiba Mahamadi | 06 February 2018

It doesn’t make sense to ease councils’ funding pressures using business rates alone because the ...

WHITEHALL

ADASS gets badass

05 February 2018

The crisis in social care requires a tough, uncompromising response.

FINANCE

May could be defeated on council finance

By Dan Peters | 01 February 2018

Tory MPs have warned the Government they are willing to mount a rebellion over the finance settle...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

The role of districts in social care cannot be overstated

By Cllr John Fuller | 31 January 2018

District councils across England are focused on improving lives and solving problems, writes Cllr...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Why 'double recovery' judgement will have implications for the sector

By Virginia Cooper | 29 January 2018

Virginia Cooper explains how a recent court judgement could end up costing councils across the co...

frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director – Adults & Health

£176,061 – £196,002

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Newham London Borough Council

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Essex County Council

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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

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