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SOCIAL CARE

Slipping through the cracks

By Wajid Shafiq | 01 June 2020

CIPFA and Xantura have set up a data partnership to support the local authority fight against COV...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Charity threatens legal action on changes to safeguarding laws

By Ann McGauran | 20 May 2020

A charity has threatened legal action against the Department for Education (DfE) if it does not w...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

There is no return to yesterday

By Tony Hunter | 20 May 2020

Social services have adapted rapidly to the disruption of COVID-19, says Tony Hunter. As we emer...

SOCIAL CARE

The challenge of discharging post COVID-19 patients  - an OT perspective

By Nikki Thompson | 19 May 2020

Councils need to focus on ensuring their services are in as good a shape as possible for the inco...

HEALTH

Pan-London partnership for PPE launched

By Heather Jameson | 19 May 2020

A new pan-London partnership has been established to provide personal protective equipment or car...

SOCIAL CARE

Covid-19 care homes deaths 51% higher than estimated

By Laura Sharman | 15 May 2020

The number of care home residents who have died from coronavirus is more than 50% higher than pre...

FINANCE

Councils face £10bn funding 'black hole'

By Laura Sharman | 14 May 2020

Councils could be forced to cut billions from social care services due to a £10bn 'coronavirus bl...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Reinventing recruitment for a more sustainable future

13 May 2020

Local government has shown it can move faster and better when the bureaucracy is stripped away an...

SOCIAL CARE

A 'trusted national database of volunteers' can support councils during COVID-19

By Ann McGauran | 13 May 2020

RVS has provided a radical way to mobilise a volunteer army to help councils and the NHS provide ...

WHITEHALL

Government to ramp up PPE supply

By Dan Peters | 12 May 2020

The Government has announced that it is ramping up its efforts to procure and produce personal pr...

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Corporate Director – Adults & Health

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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