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ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Social care assessments will not be 'scary'
By Martin Ford | 14 April 2023
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told councils ‘we aren’t as scary as people thought we were...
OFSTED
Kent receives improvement notice for SEND failings
By Martin Ford | 06 April 2023
An improvement notice has been issued to Kent CC after it failed to turn around its special educa...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Perilous pressure
By Ann McGauran | 20 March 2023
Ann McGauran reports from this year’s Care England Conference, where key figures discussed how to...
PAY
Adult social care provision 'perilous'
16 March 2023
A third of adult social care providers are considering leaving the market, a conference has heard.
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
No extra social care funding for struggling councils
By Martin Ford | 13 March 2023
A minister said councils would receive further support if they were found to be in need of improv...
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...
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...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Question mark over care ratings
By Martin Ford | 18 January 2023
Threatened Ofsted-style quality ratings for adult social care and integrated systems may not be i...
PAY
Time for a social care system refresh
By Paul Marinko | 18 January 2023
Social care is beset by a perfect storm of problems. What needs to change, and are there any chin...
SOCIAL CARE
Sneaking a peek at league tables
By Heather Jameson | 18 January 2023
It will be down to the Government to decide if it wants league tables, says Heather Jameson. 'And...
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Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Head of Early Years and Early Help
£90,126 - £98,319
Merton is an Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ authority—yet it is our ambition, our humility, and our drive to keep learning that truly define us. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Operations
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
Strategic Director of Finance Strategy
£117,061 - £129,288
Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job
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