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PAY

A national workforce strategy is needed to tackle skills shortage

By Michael Burton | 13 April 2022

With pay likely to remain stagnant and labour shortages to continue, local authorities need a rob...

EUROPEAN UNION

Make levelling up 'project possible'

By Helen Goulden | 12 April 2022

If we are to really tackle a regional inequality challenge that has not budged for 70-plus years,...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Why we must continue to reignite interest in local democracy

By Karen Steel | 12 April 2022

Without the say of residents, communities are at risk of failing to represent their people, and w...

DATA

Using data to face the poverty crisis head-on

12 April 2022

New analysis by Policy in Practice highlights that a million more people are expected to fall int...

COUNCIL TAX

Councils need radical thinking at a time of crisis

By Professor Richard Murphy | 12 April 2022

Professor Richard Murphy says councils need to cooperate to tackle the multiple crises faced by c...

HEALTH

A crucial union of business and place

By Sir Nigel Wilson | 12 April 2022

Sir Nigel Wilson says the four-year partnership between Legal & General and the UCL Institute of ...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Will the cap fit this time?

By Richard Humphries | 12 April 2022

There are at least three reasons why more delays to the Government’s social care plans would not ...

HEALTH

We can't take the pain of dementia away, but we can make it easier

By Gill Kneller | 12 April 2022

East Hampshire DC's second 'dementia festival' day and its directory aren’t big budget items and ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

It is imperative to get the SEND reforms right

By Simon Edwards | 12 April 2022

Proposals to address the future demand pressures in education, health and care plans through a se...

POVERTY

The cost of living crisis needs a strong locally-led response

By Jessica Studdert | 12 April 2022

We need to use more collective imagination to build a more adaptive and empowered local state th...

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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