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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

The Government must recognise the value of social workers

By Blair McPherson | 22 March 2017

It is not what is in the Government’s new social work advice note that trouble’s Blair McPherson....

FINANCE

Hammond comes under renewed pressure on social care

By Mark Conrad | 06 March 2017

Chancellor Philip Hammond has come under renewed pressure to invest fresh cash into adult social ...

WHITEHALL

Social care system in 'imminent' danger

By Laura Sharman | 16 February 2017

One in eight older people are failing to get the care they need, demonstrating the ‘imminent’ dan...

HEALTH

NAO warns '2020 deadline for integrated care at risk'

By Sam Clayden | 08 February 2017

The Government’s aim of fully integrated health and social care by 2020 is at ‘significant risk,’...

FINANCE

Warning over future for care home providers

By Dan Peters | 25 January 2017

Councils have called for ‘urgent and genuinely new’ funding for social care amid fresh warnings t...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Porter promoted to deputy

24 January 2017

Luton Council’s corporate director for customer and commercial services, Robin Porter, has been p...

HEALTH

EXCLUSIVE: Lack of confidence in adult social care strategy exposed

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

The true scale of feeling across local government about the escalating social care crisis is reve...

HEALTH

'Beef up wellbeing boards to aid health and care policy'

By Sam Clayden | 10 January 2017

Powers should be devolved to ‘beefed up’ health and wellbeing boards to bolster and consolidate l...

HEALTH

Failure to fund social care is a 'moral issue and false economy'

By Sam Clayden | 08 December 2016

Ministers have been urged to turn back £5.5bn of real terms cuts after fresh NHS figures revealed...

FINANCE

What will the Autumn Statement deliver?

16 November 2016

With the Autumn Statement one week away, leading local government figures explain their hopes, co...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

Grade 12 £67,236 – £71,223 plus £3000pa Statutory Officer Allowance

Premium jobWe are looking for an accomplished and proactive leader for our vacant post of Head of Democratic Services & Elections Apply for this job

Harborough District Council

Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service

£Competitive

Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority (HEYCA) represents a bold new chapter in the region’s history. Apply for this job

Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority

Finance Business Partner – Housing & HRA

Band I, SCP 44 - 47 (£53,885 - £57,195) per annum

If so, we are looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner who will report to the Head of Business Partnering for this area. Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council