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FINANCE

Pickles backs plans for transformation roll-out

By Heather Jameson | 16 March 2015

The Government has backed plans to roll out a troubled families-style approach to other services,...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Devolved digital delivery

By Cllr Richard Stay | 11 March 2015

Cllr Richard Stay, chairman of the Improvement and Efficiency Panel at the East of England LGA, l...

SOCIAL CARE

Pickles hails troubled families 'triumph'

By Jonathan Werran | 10 March 2015

Nearly nine-out-of ten of the 117,910 chaotic households in England targeted for intervention und...

SOCIAL CARE

The value of women-centred working

By Clare Jones | 05 March 2015

As councils around the country mark International Women's Day, Clare Jones CBE argues that taking...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Fiscal fears rocket

By Dan Peters | 17 February 2015

The MJ/LGiU study reveals fears over statutory duties and low funding, as local government financ...

FINANCE

Sharing the secrets of Sutton's safer success story

By Glenn Phillips | 30 January 2015

Sutton LBC has benefited from an innovative decade-long anti-crime partnership with the Met Polic...

FINANCE

Specialists' numbers to double to aid chaotic households

By MJ reporter | 20 January 2015

The number of welfare-to-work specialists seconded to the coalition’s flagship troubled families ...

TROUBLED FAMILIES

Councils praised after latest Troubled Families announcement

By Dan Peters | 22 December 2014

Councils have had payments-by-results made for over two-thirds of their troubled families, the Go...

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...

FINANCE

A glance at the small print

By Michael Burton | 04 December 2014

Michael Burton scrutinises the Treasury documents accompanying yesterday's Autumn Statement to se...

frederica-diamanta

Executive Director - Growth, Enterprise and Environment

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London Borough of Hackney Council

Executive Director, Home and Communities

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frederica-diamanta

Executive Director - Growth, Enterprise and Environment

£139,111.00 (pay award pending)

Premium jobThis is a chance to make a significant difference to the lives of families across our borough – and to seriously improve your quality of life. Apply for this job

Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council

Assistant Director of Regeneration and Economic Development

Up to £111,000

You will be responsible for overseeing area based regeneration programmes. Apply for this job

London Borough of Hackney Council

Executive Director, Home and Communities

£160-200k p.a.

At Camden, we don’t just deliver services — we work alongside communities to challenge injustice and drive real social change. Apply for this job

Camden London Borough Council