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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Council invests £600k to improve children's services

By Mark Whitehead | 01 September 2015

West Berkshire Council is investing £600,000 in new staff and extra training as part of a plan to...

FINANCE

Demands issued in return for mayor

By Dan Peters | 21 August 2015

Tough-talking West Midlands councils have told government they will only accept an elected mayor ...

FINANCE

Counties call for Hunt meeting on care

By Mark Whitehead | 21 August 2015

County council leaders have called for an urgent meeting with the health secretary after warning ...

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More support to help authorities apply Care Act

By Mark Whitehead | 18 August 2015

Support for councils to implement the Care Act will be reviewed after a sharp increase in those s...

HEALTH

Delay alone won't solve our problems

By Cllr Izzi Secombe | 18 August 2015

Delaying a proposed cap on the cost of care will prove to be a hard move for the Government to ma...

HEALTH

Scots councils join forces to fill care gap

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 August 2015

North and South Ayrshire councils have stepped in to protect homecare services after a local prov...

HEALTH

King's Fund urges government to 'try harder' with social care

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 August 2015

A leading healthcare think-tank has said the Government must try harder on social care after the ...

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Provision must be local

By Adam Fineberg | 18 August 2015

Adam Fineberg argues the case for local authorities being the chief source of local public expend...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Don't learn the wrong lessons

By Claire Fox | 18 August 2015

Claire Fox examines the collapse of Kids Company and its impact on councils.

HEALTH

No quiet summer for lawyers

By Bev Cullen | 18 August 2015

Summer is not a quiet time for local government lawyers, as the summer break provides an opportun...

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frederica-diamanta

Executive Director of Corporate Resources (Section 151 Officer) & Deputy Chief Executive

£148,775 - £159,480

Premium jobThe role sits at the strategic core of the organisation Apply for this job

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Director Children’s Social Care (Family Help and Safeguarding)

£104,196 (plus pay award pending)

You’ll join a supportive and ambitious leadership environment, with strong corporate Apply for this job

Swindon Borough Council

Assistant Director Housing

£111,533 to £119,774 plus relocation support

Housing is one of the most high profile and closely scrutinised areas in local government Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council

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