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FINANCE

Lessons from Berlin

By Clive Betts | 02 May 2017

The issues plaguing adult social care are not unique to the UK. Clive Betts recounts the lessons ...

WHITEHALL

Rural England Budget blow

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017

Rural residents are paying an average of £87 more per head in council tax than their urban counte...

FINANCE

75% fail to meet fees deadline

By Mark Conrad | 11 April 2017

Almost three-quarters of councils did not notify providers of disability care about their 2016/17...

HUMAN RESOURCES

App for real-life recruitment

By David Johnston | 11 April 2017

Buckinghamshire CC is the first authority in the country to use a computer simulation in the recr...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

EXCLUSIVE: Child and adult care posts 'hardest to fill'

By Sam Clayden | 11 April 2017

Filling children and adult social care positions is causing upper-tier chief executives the bigge...

WHITEHALL

Scorn for Bourne's £1bn

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2017

Government figures claiming councils can raise £1bn through the social care precept are massively...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Judicial review over 'unlawful' funding

By William Eichler | 11 April 2017

The country’s largest representative body for adult social care providers has accused Essex CC of...

WHITEHALL

One in 10 slash social care spending by 25%

By Sam Clayden | 05 April 2017

One in 10 councils slashed adult social care spending by more than a quarter in six years, a new ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Local government 'not as sexy' as other sectors

By Dan Peters | 30 March 2017

Local government needs to brand itself better to attract staff, a director of recruitment firm Pe...

FINANCE

Is social care making progress?

By Jonathan Carr-West | 29 March 2017

Dr Jonathan Carr-West looks at the major questions the Government’s upcoming green paper on socia...

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Area Principal Educational Psychologist

£65,432 - £69,399 Soulbury Scale B 8-11 (plus SPA points up to £73,412)

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Durham County Council

Chief Operating Officer and Section 151 Officer

£135,406-£171,760

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Cornwall Council

Director of Children and Young People’s Services

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Durham County Council

frederica-diamanta

Area Principal Educational Psychologist

£65,432 - £69,399 Soulbury Scale B 8-11 (plus SPA points up to £73,412)

We are looking for an experienced Educational Psychologist with good interpersonal and communication skills who is ready to step up into a Senior Educ Apply for this job

Durham County Council

Chief Operating Officer and Section 151 Officer

£135,406-£171,760

Shape the future of one of the UK’s most ambitious and distinctive places. Apply for this job

Cornwall Council

Director of Children and Young People’s Services

£171,760

Are you ready to lead one of the UK’s most ambitious and high-performing children’s services? Apply for this job

Durham County Council