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SOCIAL CARE

More councils rely on reserves to balance care budgets

20 June 2023

Adult social care is on a ‘slide into unsustainability,’ with a growing proportion of directors r...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

We need a national placements strategy

By John Pearce | 19 June 2023

Councils are using non-secure provisions supported by a deprivation of liberty order as necessary...

HEALTH

Covid inquiry: silence kills the world

By Professor Dominic Harrison | 19 June 2023

As the UK Covid inquiry gets underway, Professor Dominic Harrison says that central government’s ...

HEALTH

Council leaders criticise rejection of key Hewitt recommendation

By William Eichler | 15 June 2023

Council leaders have welcomed the Hewitt report into Integrated Care Systems but criticised the G...

HEALTH

Learning the lessons of climate resilience and adaptation 

By Pete Sudbury | 15 June 2023

Cllr Pete Sudbury and climate adaptation officer Tom Layzell explain why Oxfordshire CC turned to...

HEALTH

Weathering the storm – tackling the climate and health crises in tandem

By Graham Duxbury | 14 June 2023

The impacts of extreme weather are felt first by those who have least protection, and the solutio...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

When will we give social care the attention it deserves?

By Heather Jameson | 13 June 2023

Could the Fabian Society's plans for a national care service be one of the first signs of a polit...

HEALTH

The drugs won't work

By Professor Jim McManus | 13 June 2023

Short-term strategies like the latest drugs pilot to tackle obesity won’t fix the problem, says P...

HEALTH

LG Challenge 4: A focus on prevention in Stockton

By Michael Balls | 08 June 2023

Round four of the Local Government Challenge hosted by Stockton-on-Tees BC put the focus on early...

HEALTH

NHS volunteer programme expanded into social care

By William Eichler | 07 June 2023

The NHS Volunteer Responders Programme is set to be expanded to help the struggling social care s...

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Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

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Stevenage Borough Council

Executive Director of Adult Care Services

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Hertfordshire County Council

Assistant Director - People & Change

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Cambridge City Council

frederica-diamanta

Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

£Competitive

Stevenage is a town with bold ambitions. Apply for this job

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