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FINANCE

Select committee chair urges scrapping of social care Green Paper

By Martin Ford | 25 April 2019

A senior backbencher has called for the social care Green Paper to be scrapped.

WHITEHALL

Social care precept 'avoided catastrophe'

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2019

The introduction of the social care precept ‘avoided catastrophe’ but the sector still faces a fu...

SOCIAL CARE

LGA chief suggests one year Spending Review possible

By Martin Ford | 11 April 2019

The months ahead represent a crunch time for local government – but not just because of Brexit, a...

HUMAN RESOURCES

How tech could help fight social care fraud

By Julian Pilling | 09 April 2019

Councils need to administer a huge number of care contracts with a multiplicity of providers. Jul...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Directors' commitment after culture shift call

By Naomi Larsson | 09 April 2019

Children’s services directors have insisted they are ‘committed’ to protecting face-to-face work ...

FINANCE

Plea to fund social care through insurance

By Martin Ford | 09 April 2019

A minister has been asked to consider mandatory insurance to ease social care funding pressures i...

FINANCE

Troubled Families is not the Holy Grail

By Dan Corry | 02 April 2019

There are lessons to be learned from the Troubled Families experiment, as Dan Corry outlines

SOCIAL CARE

The art of excuse making

01 April 2019

If there’s one valuable life lesson health secretary Matt Hancock appears to have failed to learn...

WHITEHALL

Government misses fifth deadline for social care Green Paper

By Martin Ford | 01 April 2019

The publication of the Government’s long-awaited adult social care Green Paper has been delayed f...

HEALTH

Social workers have a key role in helping disabled people get more active

By Leanne Wightman | 25 March 2019

An evaluation of the Get Yourself Active programme, which sought to identify ways to boost partic...

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frederica-diamanta

Executive Director of Place and Customer

up to £179,404 per annum

Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities. Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Director of Social Work and Social Care

£100,731 to £104,625

You will join a values-driven senior leadership team, providing visible and responsive leadership. Apply for this job

Trafford Council

Development & Adoptions Lead WMF2670e

£51,356 - £52,413

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Thriving Places Directorate within the Highways Consenting Team Apply for this job

Westmorland and Furness Council

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