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ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Risk-taking in social care provision can yield results, study finds

By Martin Ford | 27 March 2019

Councils have been urged to be more ‘courageous’ in their adult social care provision.

SOCIAL CARE

DToC figures due to social care on the rise

By Martin Ford | 14 March 2019

Winter pressures have been blamed for a rise in the number of delayed transfers of care (DToC) du...

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...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

FoI and the hidden side of safeguarding

By Ann McGauran | 08 January 2019

FOI responses show more than half of the councils approached had reported incidents in the last t...

LONDON COUNCILS

Cracking the code

By Ann McGauran | 08 January 2019

The complexity of the budgetary challenges faced by English councils has raised the alarm within ...

FINANCE

Pay rises to swallow extra £650m for care

By Mike Yuille | 29 November 2018

Councils hoping that the Chancellor’s Budget promised extra £650m for social care might ease some...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Warnings of 'bun fights' and help offered to Hancock at conference

By Martin Ford | 14 November 2018

Funding woes dominated the opening speeches of the National Children and Adults Services conferen...

WHITEHALL

Hancock praises over-40s tax

By Martin Ford | 14 November 2018

A tax increase for the over-40s could be introduced to bridge the adult social care spending gap ...

HEALTH

NHS pay rise will 'undermine' integration

By Dan Peters | 05 November 2018

Efforts to integrate health and care services will be undermined if some staff are awarded a pay ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Budget 2018: £800m cash injection for social care

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2018

Social care has been given an £800m boost in the Budget after chancellor Philip Hammond said he r...

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frederica-diamanta

Strategic Director, Corporate Services

c£162,000 per annum, more for an exceptional candidate

Bradford is at an extraordinary moment of transformation Apply for this job

City of Bradford MDC

Programme Manager - WMF2246e

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The Capital Programme team is responsible for the core delivery of the Council’s c. £80-100m/year Capital Programme Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Head of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer

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As Head of Law and Governance you join at a critical time. Apply for this job

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