FINANCE

Miliband pledges to end a 'century of centralisation'

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 January 2015

Labour leader Ed Miliband reiterated his promise to devolve powers, as part of a major speech out...

HEALTH

Meals and wheels services being cut, claims Labour

By Jamie Hailstone | 05 January 2015

The number of elderly people receiving meals on wheels from councils has halved in the last four ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Austerity is here for the forseeable future

By Javed Khan | 24 December 2014

In this age of austerity we all have to tighten our belts and make tough decisions about what we ...

BUSINESS

Retrenchment would be the worst thing councils could do

By Andrew Jepp | 23 December 2014

Funding cuts continue to dominate the local council agenda and last week’s announcement of 2015/1...

FINANCE

Councils blame cuts for rise in 15-minute visits

By Dan Peters | 23 December 2014

The number of councils in England commissioning 15-minute homecare visits has risen in the past y...

HEALTH

Wellbeing is about much more than just health

By Christine Berry | 22 December 2014

Wellbeing has been a familiar term in local government for a number of years but what does this m...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

'Keep children's social care within the sector'

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

Children’s services directors have insisted that support for improvement should be sector-owned a...

HEALTH

Bringing holistic care to the community

By Maureen McEleney | 15 December 2014

It’s time to take a more compassionate approach to the care of the elderly – seeing the person – ...

HEALTH

Extra cash for mental health projects announced

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 December 2014

The Government has announced £12m is to be invested in four pilot areas to help people with menta...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: Axe fears over top-slice

By Dan Peters | 10 December 2014

The future of sector-led improvement hangs in the balance with fears that Whitehall’s grant to th...

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Assistant Director Democracy, Information and Elections

£78,000 - £84,000

Reporting to the General Counsel, you will be a Deputy Monitoring Officer who will lead and develop democratic services... Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council

Social Care Assessment & Reablement Manager (STAR)

Band I, SCP 44 - 47 (£53,885 - £57,195) per annum

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality reablement and support for service users to live independently? Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Strategic Director Finance (deputy s.151)

£113,431 to £125,279

We’ve made a promising start, with the Commissioners’ report last summer recognising our substantial progress. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director Democracy, Information and Elections

£78,000 - £84,000

Reporting to the General Counsel, you will be a Deputy Monitoring Officer who will lead and develop democratic services... Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council

Social Care Assessment & Reablement Manager (STAR)

Band I, SCP 44 - 47 (£53,885 - £57,195) per annum

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality reablement and support for service users to live independently? Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Strategic Director Finance (deputy s.151)

£113,431 to £125,279

We’ve made a promising start, with the Commissioners’ report last summer recognising our substantial progress. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council