WHITEHALL

Avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach to social care reform

By Becky Wilkinson | 15 February 2023

Becky Wilkinson examines what Wolverhampton City Council has learned from being a trailblazer cou...

WHITEHALL

Pride, innovation... and disappointment

By Karen Fuller | 15 February 2023

Karen Fuller sets out Oxfordshire CC’s experiences of preparing to pilot social care charging ref...

WHITEHALL

Lib Dems propose social care pay increase

By Mark Conrad | 06 February 2023

Almost a million frontline social care workers would receive significant pay rises under Lib Dem ...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Let's make greater use of technology in social care

By Jon Rallings | 01 February 2023

In the midst of a recruitment and retention crisis, councils need to keep dedicated social care s...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

The case for a budget-setting collective

By Michael Hudson | 01 February 2023

Michael Hudson looks ahead at planning for 2024-25 budget-setting, and he says we need to do this...

DEVOLUTION

The next showrunners

By Jonathan Werran | 01 February 2023

Jonathan Werran says that, whatever and whoever is running the show after next year’s General Ele...

HEALTH

Sector given role in NHS plan

By Paul Marinko | 31 January 2023

Local government will join an ‘expert group’ with the voluntary and community sector and care pro...

WHITEHALL

Sector calls for action over care home purchasing plan

By Paul Marinko | 30 January 2023

Local government has called for action so a £200m initiative to address hospital bed blocking avo...

HEALTH

Discharge fund 'destabilised' care market

By Martin Ford | 26 January 2023

A Whitehall mandarin has heard of the fallout from emergency measures aimed at easing hospital be...

HEALTH

The £250m for winter pressures will not alleviate the underlying cause

By Rob Whiteman | 25 January 2023

A longer-term strategic style of service delivery must emerge as a platform for reform of health ...

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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

Assistant Chief Fire Officer

£121,180 rising to £134,644 plus benefits and provided car

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Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service

frederica-diamanta

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

Assistant Chief Fire Officer

£121,180 rising to £134,644 plus benefits and provided car

Premium jobReporting directly to the Chief Fire Officer to support and advise the Fire Authority Apply for this job

Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service