CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Groundhog Day for adult social care reform

By Sarah McClinton | 06 April 2023

Sarah McClinton, President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, explains wha...

FINANCE

Social care fiasco needs a culture change as well as funds

By Heather Jameson | 05 April 2023

Delayed discharges are just a fraction of the social care story – albeit an exorbitant one – ther...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: £4.3m bed cost shambles

By Paul Marinko | 04 April 2023

The Government has held back £600m of promised social care funding after its drive to reduce dela...

SOCIAL CARE

Hewitt Review calls for social care to be 'national priority'

By Martin Ford | 04 April 2023

The former health secretary's report on Integrated Care Systems called for further funding and a ...

WHITEHALL

Government's social care vision 'in tatters' as funding held back

By Paul Marinko | 04 April 2023

The Government has been accused of leaving its own social care vision ‘in tatters’ after unveilin...

SOCIAL CARE

Social care plan delayed

By Martin Ford | 31 March 2023

The publication of the Government’s plan for reforming social care has been delayed, a minister h...

DIGITAL

Keeping Kent connected and closing the digital skills gap

By Emily Paulding | 31 March 2023

Emily Paulding discusses how a technological and social innovation research project helped to dri...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Councils need a longer-term funding plan

By Cllr Izzy Seccombe | 28 March 2023

The Budget, while it contained positive announcements, left the Local Government Association disa...

PAY

Adult social care urgently needs its own workforce plan

By Genevieve Cameron | 24 March 2023

The public want solutions to the social care staffing crisis and the Government should listen, sa...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

We must build an adult social care system that's fit for the future

By Cllr Nurullah Turan | 24 March 2023

Cllr Nurullah Turan says adult social care is in the middle of a perfect storm that requires a co...

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Assistant Director for Safeguarding

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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Children’s Social Care and Early Help

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Thurrock Borough Council

Assistant Director Transformation

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North Yorkshire Council

frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director for Safeguarding

£108,258

Recognised for our innovation and investment, this is a fantastic opportunity to join our leadership team Apply for this job

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Children’s Social Care and Early Help

Salary: £108,312 - £125,565

At Thurrock we take a whole council approach to improving the lives of our children and young people, placing them at the heart of all that we do Apply for this job

Thurrock Borough Council

Assistant Director Transformation

£97,426 - £108,074

We are seeking an outstanding strategic leader and solutions-focused expert to play a pivotal role at this key moment for North Yorkshire Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council