Care leavers should not have to pay council tax – LGA

Care leavers should not have to pay council tax – LGA

By Lee Peart 04 November 2024

Care leavers should be exempt from paying for council tax, prescriptions, NHS dental treatment and optician costs, to help prevent them from falling into financial hardship when they leave care and...

Prevention could deliver £11bn return on investment

By Lee Peart 07 October 2024

Investing more in prevention could deliver an extra £11bn return on investment on current spending commitments, a new report has found.

Call for increase in public health grant in Autumn Budget

By Lee Peart 01 October 2024

Councils have called on the Government to increase investment in the public health grant in the Autumn Budget.

Social care driving cost pressures as councils face £2bn funding gap

By Lee Peart 13 September 2024

Rising costs and demand in social care are driving cost pressures on councils as they warned they face a more than £2bn funding gap in 2025/26.

Calls for scrapping single world CQC ratings following Ofsted ruling

By Lee Peart 10 September 2024

The LGA has called for the scrapping of single word CQC ratings for adult social care services.

Councils face £6bn funding gap over next two years

By Lee Peart 06 June 2024

Councils in England face a £6bn funding gap over the next two years, the Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed.

Only two-thirds of councils able to meet Care Act duties

By Lee Peart 15 May 2024

Only around two-thirds of councils are confident of being able to meet all their legal duties under the Care Act by next year (2025-26).

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Consultants in Public Health

£95,659 to £100,499

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire£95,659 to £100,499

RECRUITER: Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Assistant Director of Commissioning

£92,223 - £112,283 per annum

Sutton, London (Greater)£92,223 - £112,283 per annum

RECRUITER: Sutton London Borough Council

Senior Social Worker/AMHP Mental Health - Core Team East and West x 3

Grade 10 - Grade 11

Wakefield, West YorkshireGrade 10 - Grade 11

RECRUITER: Wakefield Council

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Consultants in Public Health

£95,659 to £100,499

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire£95,659 to £100,499

RECRUITER: Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Assistant Director of Commissioning

£92,223 - £112,283 per annum

Sutton, London (Greater)£92,223 - £112,283 per annum

RECRUITER: Sutton London Borough Council

Senior Social Worker/AMHP Mental Health - Core Team East and West x 3

Grade 10 - Grade 11

Wakefield, West YorkshireGrade 10 - Grade 11

RECRUITER: Wakefield Council