HEALTH

Setting out on a healthy course

By Chris Mahony | 22 January 2013

Chris Mahony looks at some of the training council staff are undergoing to prepare for new public...

BUSINESS

Collaboration – an idea of and for its time

By John Tizard | 22 January 2013

The public sector can no longer do everything itself, says John Tizard. Now is the time to start ...

WHITEHALL

Mid-term muddle is political fiction

By David Walker | 22 January 2013

The Government's mid-term review claims it has decentralised. David Walker begs to differ.

WHITEHALL

Ignoring the facts about offenders

By Ray Auvray | 21 January 2013

Ray Auvray urges a step change in prisoner education and rehabilitation in overhaul of the probat...

WHITEHALL

Tinkering around the edges won't deliver Whitehall reform

16 January 2013

The latest spat between ministers and mandarins suggests time change, not papering over the crack...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Putting young people first

By Cllr Joan Spiers | 15 January 2013

One Surrey borough has created a scheme to help boost the chances of finding work, as Cllr Joan S...

BUSINESS

At the business end of services

By Craig Dearden-Phillips | 15 January 2013

Local authorities are looking at business model options to provide services in times of austerity...

HEALTH

Sickness rates respond to the right treatment

By Dean Wanless | 15 January 2013

Dean Wanless says local authority sickness rates are not quite what they appear.

WHITEHALL

Frontline councillors

By Andy Sawford | 15 January 2013

Andy Sawford explains why the first report published by the CLG select committee since he became ...

HEALTH

Figuring out the costs of social care

By Cllr Lucinda Yeadon | 15 January 2013

John Baker and Cllr Lucinda Yeadon say it's time to put the myths of residential care provision t...

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Corporate Director of Children and Family Services

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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

Gateshead Council