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.

HUMAN RESOURCES

View from the Hill

By Greg Hayes | 14 March 2023

Resilient organisations adapt to challenges quickly, and can evaluate options at pace and pivot, ...

HEALTH

Why our future is small, nimble and digital

By Professor Donna Hall | 14 March 2023

Professor Donna Hall urges councils to be more radical in their thinking by reimagining their fut...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Launching a hyper-radical public sector

By Nick Kilby | 14 March 2023

The local public sector cannot keep going as it is and it is time to think bigger, move faster an...

COUNCIL TAX

An agent of change

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2023

Unitarisation was a positive thing for Buckinghamshire, says chief executive Rachael Shimmin. Dan...

FINANCE

Pay 'putting off potential new finance recruits'

By Mark Conrad | 13 March 2023

Lower levels of pay in the public sector are discouraging finance professionals from entering loc...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

A focus on early and evidence-based SEND provision

By Halit Hulusi | 10 March 2023

Staffordshire CC is set to launch an enhanced Educational, Health Care Needs Assessment pathway t...

PARTNERSHIPS

This moment is bittersweet

By Paul Shevlin | 07 March 2023

In his last District View column for The MJ, Paul Shevlin reflects on what working in local autho...

LEGISLATION

The polling unknowns

By Martin Ford | 07 March 2023

The greatest fear of critics is that rather than achieving the stated aim of promoting more trust...

SOLACE

Learning from the past to create councils fit for the future

By Matt Prosser | 03 March 2023

Solace and Grant Thornton brought chief executives and other senior officers together to draw on ...

frederica-diamanta

Director of Family Help and Safeguarding

£105,836 - £121,235

Brighter Futures for Children is looking for a visionary leader to drive transformation and improvement in children's services at a pivotal time. Apply for this job

Reading Borough Council

Head of Highways Operations

Salary: £78,168 per annum

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Somerset Council

Head of Operational Services

£73,051 to £75,342

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South Derbyshire District Council

frederica-diamanta

Director of Family Help and Safeguarding

£105,836 - £121,235

Brighter Futures for Children is looking for a visionary leader to drive transformation and improvement in children's services at a pivotal time. Apply for this job

Reading Borough Council

Head of Highways Operations

Salary: £78,168 per annum

Premium jobSomerset offers a unique blend of natural beauty, rich history and vibrant community life. Apply for this job

Somerset Council

Head of Operational Services

£73,051 to £75,342

Are you ready to shape the future of a thriving district? Apply for this job

South Derbyshire District Council