This week there are fifteen job
adverts below that require either collaborative working or shared service
skills and experience. It’s a mix of private sector and public. However, expect
a rapid growth in jobs in One Public Estate, Combined Authorities, Blue Light
Integration and Health and Social care as the money begins to come on-stream to
ensure these programmes are delivered.
Here is your collaboration news and jobs from the last 7 days…
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Blue Light Transformation
Humber and Yorkshire forces select Sopra Steria for shared CSI needs
Collaboration body seeks to go
live with shared command and control system from next April with view of
managing resources from a single site. Read
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Fire Minister speaks at CFOA conference
Minister for Policing and the Fire
Service, Brandon Lewis, addresses audience at the 2016 Chief Fire Officers
Association (CFOA) conference. Read
more >>>
West Sussex fire co-responding pilot set to begin
A potentially life-saving scheme
in which West Sussex firefighters attend certain medical emergencies with South
East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) is to be piloted in the region. Read
more >>>
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Housing
Aberdeenshire and Moray Housing Partnerships combine under new look Osprey Group
Two well known social landlords in
the north-east’s housing sector are coming together under a new name and look. Read
more >>>
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Devolution
Where do co-operatives fit in with devolution?
Delegates at the UK Society
for Co-operative Studies annual conference joined a workshop on the
role co-ops could play in the government’s devolution agenda. Read
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George Osborne to chair Northern Powerhouse Partnership
George Osborne will continue his
argument for devolution to Manchester and the surrounding area as he takes up a
new job as chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership. Read
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Business rates devolution must be used to mitigate cuts, says LGA
Councils should have greater
responsibility for areas currently facing cuts, including public health, social
care and transport, paid for by devolved business rates, the LGA has said. Read
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Telecoms billionaire Sir Terry Matthews upbeat on City Deal for the Swansea Bay City Region
Plans for a £500m plus City Deal
for the Swansea Bay City Region, which would drive a digital revolution for the
region, are progressing well said telecommunications billionaire Sir Terry
Matthews. Read
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Solent Devolution: Consultation nears end - but what does it all mean?
It would be a new 'super
authority' in the South, with £900m of government money to spend - and just one
mayor at the helm. Read
more >>>
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Health & Social Care
Health & Social Care
Social care funding gap to reach £2.8bn by 2019-20, report finds
Cuts to adult social care have
left the system increasingly unable to meet the needs of the older people who
depend on it, with the funding gap set to reach at least £2.8bn by the end of
the decade, according to The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust. Read
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Have we reached the tipping point for connected care?
We’ve been hearing about the
benefits of connected care for years. But now, with aging populations worldwide
that are often living longer, with multiple chronic conditions, the need for
connected, more coordinated care is becoming critical. Read
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Patients should be more involved in decisions about their care, says NICE
A new collaborative, made up of
the UK’s leading health care organisations including NICE, has set out plans
that will help get patients more involved in decisions about their care. Read
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Diversity, devolution, innovation: building an NHS fit for the 21st century
It was “the can-do crowd”,
according to the NHS England chief executive, Simon Stevens. Those who gathered
at the Health and Care Innovation Expo 2016 in Manchester were certainly hungry
for the latest cutting-edge practice and the hottest technology on show. Read
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'Landmark' £28m boost for Greater Manchester health care
A grant of more than £28m has been
awarded to Greater Manchester's devolved health service to pay for research
into new tests and treatments. Read
more >>>
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Outsourcing
Swindon health and care provider closes down after handing over contract early
A social enterprise established to
provide health and social care in Swindon will close down after cancelling its
community healthcare contract early. Read
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2017 IR35 reforms: The death of public sector contracting?
Following the Chancellor’s announcement
in the April 2016 budget to reform IR35 legislation in 2017, public sector
contractors across the UK are unanimously questioning, “What does this mean for
me?” Read
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