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HEALTH

Bringing holistic care to the community

By Maureen McEleney | 15 December 2014

It’s time to take a more compassionate approach to the care of the elderly – seeing the person – ...

HEALTH

Extra cash for mental health projects announced

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 December 2014

The Government has announced £12m is to be invested in four pilot areas to help people with menta...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: Axe fears over top-slice

By Dan Peters | 10 December 2014

The future of sector-led improvement hangs in the balance with fears that Whitehall’s grant to th...

BUSINESS

Councils will look and feel very different in future

By Paul Dossett | 09 December 2014

The narrative of local government austerity is familiar and will necessarily continue to be told,...

BUSINESS

Now is the winter of devolution discontent

By Cllr David Hodge | 08 December 2014

CCN chairman Cllr David Hodge laments last week's Autumn Statement, in which counties were left i...

FINANCE

A job half done and a truth half told

By Rob Whiteman | 08 December 2014

Chief executive officer of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, Rob Whitema...

FINANCE

A small victory

By Cllr David Sparks | 08 December 2014

The Autumn Statement spared local government from worse cuts and the sector won three lobbying vi...

SOCIAL CARE

Creating better social workers

08 December 2014

A collective call to action has united 15 northern councils to champion the vital role of childre...

WHITEHALL

CQC: Care services must be willing to embrace complaints

By Jamie Hailstone | 08 December 2014

Social care services must be willing to embrace complaints in order to improve the quality of the...

FINANCE

Risks of retrenchment

By Andrew Jepp | 04 December 2014

The big risk to local government is that as cutbacks reduce services further, they expose themsel...

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Suffolk County Council

frederica-diamanta

Development Management Service Manager - WMF2347e

£65,873 - £68,775

The Development Management service plays a vital role in shaping the built environment. Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

Director of Children's services

£123,550 pa

We are looking for a visionary and values-driven Director of Children's services Apply for this job

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

Assistant Director for Corporate Parenting

£88,225 - £105,726 per annum

This is a time of exciting and positive change in Suffolk. Apply for this job

Suffolk County Council