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SOCIAL CARE

Call to give care staff priority access to fuel

By Laura Sharman | 28 September 2021

Ministers have been urged to introduce emergency measures to ensure social care staff can get fue...

SOCIAL CARE

Michael Gove must ensure councils get the resources and freedoms they need

By James Jamieson | 27 September 2021

With significant ministerial changes at the top of the newly-named Department for Levelling Up, H...

SOCIAL CARE

It's time to tackle the in-tray

By Sir Bob Neill | 27 September 2021

Michael Gove has been given a new beefed-up department and strong team with a serious policy back...

SOCIAL CARE

Social care plan 'contains far too little detail,' councils warn

By Laura Sharman | 27 September 2021

Implementing the Government's cap on care costs will be an 'enormous undertaking' for councils, t...

EDUCATION

Council apologises for SEND failures

By William Eichler | 21 September 2021

Suffolk CC has apologised to families who rely on special educational needs and disabilities prov...

PAY

Increase workers' pay to improve care

By Martin Ford | 16 September 2021

Pay rises for adult social care workers can support local economies, boost recruitment and retent...

SOLACE

We need to pause the cheering on social care

By Paul Najsarek | 15 September 2021

The Government’s social care announcement deserves only two hurrahs, says Paul Najsarek. The knoc...

HEALTH

HMJ: New national director for learning disability and autism

14 September 2021

NHS England has appointed a new national director for learning disability and autism to help ensu...

FINANCE

HMJ: Disabled children's conditions have worsened during COVID

14 September 2021

Many services for disabled children and their families have been ‘slow to return’ since lockdown ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Making a success of succession

By Simon Ray | 14 September 2021

Simon Ray at Hamptons Resourcing looks at the benefits of having a clear policy of succession pla...

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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

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