HEALTH

Health and social care merger focus of Plaid Cymru plans

By Jamie Hailstone | 17 June 2015

Plaid Cymru has called for the full integration of health and social care as part of its vision f...

HEALTH

Finance chiefs seek change to 'inconsistent' funding system

By Heather Jameson | 17 June 2015

Even the most successful authorities are struggling to meet the financial challenges they face, a...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA sets out key priorities

By Jonathan Werran | 17 June 2015

The Local Government Association (LGA) has chosen five key pieces of legislation from the Queen’s...

WHITEHALL

Experts criticise 'bizarre' pensions decisions split

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2015

Spreading responsibility for local government pensions across two ministers has been labelled ‘bi...

FINANCE

Bonds agency could fund service transformation

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2015

Councils looking to transform public services could obtain funding by using the new municipal bon...

HEALTH

Call for Better Care Fund 'on steroids' but uncertainty remains

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2015

Senior officials leading national work on the Better Care Fund (BCF) are in the dark about the Go...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: LGA ignores calls for forced peer reviews

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2015

Whitehall inspectors could march into councils that refuse to engage with sector-led improvement ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Shoesmith calls on social workers to fight back against prison threat

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2015

Social workers need to defeat the argument that jailing public servants for failing to protect ch...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Combined authority path could be 'rocky'

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2015

A ‘rocky road’ stands in the way of the creation of more combined authorities, an academic has wa...

FINANCE

Services under threat as Budget looms

By Dan Peters | 17 June 2015

Councils have warned that further cuts will mean salami slicing will have to be replaced by axing...

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frederica-diamanta

Service Director Infrastructure and Major Projects

Up to £103,000 per annum

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for driving infrastructure major projects to success? Apply for this job

Buckinghamshire Council

Assistant Director for Safeguarding

£108,258

Recognised for our innovation and investment, this is a fantastic opportunity to join our leadership team Apply for this job

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Children’s Social Care and Early Help

Salary: £108,312 - £125,565

At Thurrock we take a whole council approach to improving the lives of our children and young people, placing them at the heart of all that we do Apply for this job

Thurrock Borough Council