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MANAGEMENT

Social media: steering a path

By Dan Peters | 21 November 2018

Research by The MJ and the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives shows approximately seven ...

FINANCE

The risk from cuts

By Graham Atkins | 13 November 2018

Children’s social care has become more efficient since 2010, but Graham Atkins argues this will b...

FINANCE

Kid's care on a cliff edge

By Martin Ford | 13 November 2018

Following a report by ADCS that initial contacts made to children’s social care have increased by...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Local democracy reporters aid transparency

By Dan Peters | 07 November 2018

The Local Democracy Reporting Service – the new BBC scheme that attempts to fill the gap in the r...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

SENDing a message to government

By Ann McGauran | 05 November 2018

With two councils awaiting the outcomes of judicial reviews into their plans to cut back spendin...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

High costs holding back adulthood social mobility in London

By Ann McGauran | 31 October 2018

The core cities are generally failing to match London’s performance on overall social mobility bu...

FINANCE

Hammond gently loosens the purse strings

By Michael Burton | 29 October 2018

With extra wriggle room from better-than-expected tax and spending figures, the chancellor was ab...

WHITEHALL

What are the options for the chancellor?

By Michael Burton | 24 October 2018

The clamour for more spending on public services coupled with the Prime Minister’s pledge to ‘end...

FINANCE

Never-ending spending divide

By Ciara Cook | 17 October 2018

The disparity in cuts to real term spending throughout England and in London demonstrates the pos...

FINANCE

A sticking plaster on social care?

By Ann McGauran | 17 October 2018

Health secretary Matt Hancock’s social care cash announcement at the Conservative Party conferenc...

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Strategic Director – Place-Based Services

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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