BUSINESS

Homecare market under growing pressure

By William Eichler | 24 August 2017

The continued under-funding of adult social care is placing the homecare provider market under a ...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Care directors' warning after record bed blocking figures

By Dan Peters | 11 August 2017

Council directors have issued fresh warnings after a record proportion of delayed transfers of ca...

WHITEHALL

Government acts after sleep-in back pay ruling

By Sam Clayden | 26 July 2017

The Government has responded after a tribunal ruling granted sleep-in support workers up to six y...

WHITEHALL

Ombudsman report prompts fresh DoLS reform calls

By Dan Peters | 19 July 2017

Fresh calls have been made for urgent reforms to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) sys...

HEALTH

A bleak snapshot of social care

By Sam Clayden | 04 July 2017

Sam Clayden analyses the findings of this year’s ADASS budget survey, which uncovers troubling tr...

WHITEHALL

Care directors 'disappointed' by funding threat

By Dan Peters | 04 July 2017

Adult social care directors have been left ‘very disappointed’ after the Government threatened to...

FINANCE

Tensions rise as NHS fines 22 councils for bed-blocking

By Sam Clayden | 28 June 2017

The NHS has fined at least 22 councils for bed-blocking and threatened 11 others with charges ami...

WHITEHALL

One in 10 slash social care spending by 25%

By Sam Clayden | 05 April 2017

One in 10 councils slashed adult social care spending by more than a quarter in six years, a new ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

The Government must recognise the value of social workers

By Blair McPherson | 22 March 2017

It is not what is in the Government’s new social work advice note that trouble’s Blair McPherson....

FINANCE

Hammond comes under renewed pressure on social care

By Mark Conrad | 06 March 2017

Chancellor Philip Hammond has come under renewed pressure to invest fresh cash into adult social ...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Law Procurement & Information Governance

Management Grade 3 - £87,330 - £95,268 per annum

We are seeking a new Head of Law Procurement & Information Governance to lead on the provision of legal services to our five local authorities... Apply for this job

South London Legal Partnership

Community Facilities Manager

£61,879.00 - £65,320.00 per annum

Crawley Borough Council are looking to appoint an experienced Facilities Manager... Apply for this job

Crawley Borough Council

Health and Adult Services Head of Practice / Principal Social Worker

£67,081 to £75,599

We believe this is an unrivalled career opportunity for an ambitious and experienced leader at a pivotal point in our history. Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council