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SOCIAL CARE

Reach out for support with safeguarding

By Elyzabeth Hawkes | 28 March 2023

With the right support and understanding of advocacy, we can ensure that 2023 is the year we all ...

PAY

Adult social care urgently needs its own workforce plan

By Genevieve Cameron | 24 March 2023

The public want solutions to the social care staffing crisis and the Government should listen, sa...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

We must build an adult social care system that's fit for the future

By Cllr Nurullah Turan | 24 March 2023

Cllr Nurullah Turan says adult social care is in the middle of a perfect storm that requires a co...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

This Budget is much ado about déjà vu

By Heather Jameson | 21 March 2023

The past decade has seen Budget after Budget pledging to ‘level up’ and ‘devolve down’, but to wh...

RECRUITMENT

The secret of our succession

By Neil Lupin | 21 March 2023

Neil Lupin looks at the increasing importance of succession planning in local government.

HUMAN RESOURCES

Shining a light on governance

21 March 2023

What causes governance to falter? The latest in The MJ’s series of articles on avoiding organisat...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Seek transparency to avoid failure

21 March 2023

The MJ’s series of articles on avoiding organisational failure continues with a look at transpare...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Wood-burning stoves and toxic air: what CANZ be done?

By Jason Torrance | 21 March 2023

The starkest message in a recent Defra report was that the biggest source of particulate pollutio...

FINANCE

Dealing with reputational risks

By Jamie Ounan | 21 March 2023

With the environmental, social and governance agenda becoming a key force shaping global investme...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

After the interregnum

By Ben Page | 21 March 2023

Ben Page says: 'Voters want growth, reassurance and support – but public finances are not in good...

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Corporate Director – Adults & Health

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Newham London Borough Council

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Essex County Council

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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director – Adults & Health

£176,061 – £196,002

Lead Change. Shape Lives. Be Part of Something New. Apply for this job

Newham London Borough Council

Assistant Director, People

£89,116 - £104,843 per annum

Experience the best of both worlds with our flexible hybrid working arrangements. Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Executive Director (Children’s Services)

up to £137,831

Are you an experienced and inspirational leader of Children’s Services? Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council