HEALTH

Services 'closer to home' could save UK £3.4bn

By Jamie Hailstone | 20 June 2012

Delivering care closer to home could save taxpayers around £3.4bn a year, claims CBI report.

HEALTH

Call to tackle 'undignified' care of England's elderly

By Dominic Browne | 20 June 2012

Major overhaul of care services needed to tackle poor and undignified older people’s care in ho...

HEALTH

'Joint action' needed to help vulnerable kids

20 June 2012

Care chiefs have called on councils to make a ‘concerted effort’ to share best practice over vuln...

HEALTH

Deafblind children 'missing out'

20 June 2012

Thousands of children who are deafblind are missing out on the support they need, due to council ...

HEALTH

Experts 'sympathetic' to Dilnot dilemma

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2012

LGiU chief Andy Sawford comments on news the Government could delay until July response to Dilnot...

HEALTH

Warning over day care centre closures

By Dominic Browne | 18 June 2012

The UK's largest public sector union has claimed councils are being forced into a 'false economy'...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Bullock fears 'worrying rise' in homelessness figures

By Jonathan Werran | 14 June 2012

Local authorities face added pressures on housing waiting lists after figures show 'worrying rise...

HEALTH

ADASS warns of £890m cut in care budget

By Dominic Browne | 14 June 2012

According to ADASS' latest annual budget survey, England's councils will slash £890m from the nat...

HEALTH

Who's picking up the bill?

By Dermott Calpin | 13 June 2012

The Government's latest White Paper on adult social care is not expected to address the key issue...

HEALTH

Doom but not gloom

By Cllr Sachin Rajput | 13 June 2012

A London borough's decision to outsource its social care operations is gaining wide recognition i...

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frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director of Children and Family Services

£142,950 - £157,041

Forged through an industrial past, Stoke-on-Trent is a city with creativity and kindness at its heart. Apply for this job

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Strategic Director Economy, Innovation and Growth

Up to £134,228

We have four fantastic opportunities for innovative and forward-thinking leaders to join our leadership team Apply for this job

Gateshead Council

Strategic Director Housing, Environment and Healthy Communities

Up to £134,228

We have four fantastic opportunities for innovative and forward-thinking leaders to join our leadership team Apply for this job

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