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HEALTH

Councils transfer services amid healthcare trust closure

By Martin Ford | 20 March 2019

A healthcare trust running care services across two counties has announced it is likely to close.

SOCIAL CARE

Two-thirds of councils say they have brought in or increased charges for social care

05 March 2019

Two-thirds of councils in England who responded to a freedom of information (FOI) request said th...

FINANCE

Sunak rejects care funding criticism as 'unfair'

By Martin Ford | 05 March 2019

Opposition MPs have challenged the Government on the issue of adult social care funding.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Local areas must face up to the scale of child criminal exploitation

By Anne Longfield | 04 March 2019

Children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield says her recent report on improving the safegu...

FINANCE

NHS organisations label social care funding a 'national disgrace'

By Martin Ford | 04 March 2019

The state of social care has been branded a 'national scandal and disgrace’ by a coalition of med...

FINANCE

EXCLUSIVE: Government must 'step up' on adult social care

By Ann McGauran | 28 February 2019

The council ranked the best at delivering most for the money it spends on adult social care has c...

FINANCE

Shared values breed success

By Adrian Loades | 28 February 2019

Redbridge LBC is ranked number one in the iMPOWER adult social care productivity rankings. Cllr M...

WHITEHALL

MHCLG yet to agree no-deal Brexit escalation process for care provider failure

By Dan Peters | 27 February 2019

Marsham Street has still not agreed its ‘escalation process’ in the case of a no-deal Brexit caus...

FINANCE

Top 10 adult care councils

By Jeremy Cooper | 27 February 2019

Building on the ranking tables included in iMPOWER’s report Which Councils Are Best?, Jeremy Coop...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Counties urge Whitehall to 'look again' at social care funding formula

By William Eichler | 22 February 2019

County councils have voiced concerns over the Government’s proposed formula for funding adult soc...

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Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

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Stevenage Borough Council

Executive Director of Adult Care Services

£158,000

This is an exciting time to be joining Hertfordshire County Council. Apply for this job

Hertfordshire County Council

Assistant Director - People & Change

Up to £91,625 + generous pension

Cambridge is a city of global reputation and local pride – a place of ideas, innovation and inclusion. Apply for this job

Cambridge City Council