ADCS - Key Persons
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- Member of the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council Team
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- Chairman
- Chairman of the ADCS Health, Care and Additional Needs.
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- Chief Executive
- Sandwell Children 's Trust
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- Policy Officer
- Senior Policy Officer
ADCS Policy Officer: Katy Block supports the work of the committee. To contact Katy, email katy.block@adcs.org.uk
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- Co - Chair
- Director of Children 's Services
- Director of Children 's Services, Milton Keynes Council
- Milton Keynes City Council
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- Policy Officer
- Policy and Press Officer
ADCS Policy Officer: Matt Cunningham supports the work of the committee. To contact Matt, email: matt.cunningham@adcs.org.uk
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- Corporate Director of People
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- Director of Children and Families
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- Strategic Director of Children 's Services
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Vice President of the Board of Directors
- Strategic Director of People Services / Children and Young
- Strategic Director of People Services / Derby City Council
Andy works in Derby as the Strategic Director for People Services which encompasses the role of Director of Children's Services (DCS) and Director of Adult Social Services (DASS), a role he's held since 2016, although he was the DCS from 2015. Andy is a qualified social worker and prior to moving to Derby in 2014 as the Director for Early Help and Children's Safeguarding, worked in Leicester in a variety of roles for nearly 20 years. Between 2010-2017 Andy also worked as a local authority associate inspector with Ofsted which provided him with learning and experience on the previous SLAC and SIF frameworks.
Andy was previously chair of the ADCS Standards, Performance and Inspection Committee for two years prior to becoming Vice President of the association in April 2023.
As a former child in care who was adopted by his foster carers when aged 10, Andy always knew that he wanted to be a social worker from an early age, and has always tried to use his previous lived and positive experiences of the care system and of social workers throughout his career.
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- Strategic Director of Children 's Services
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- Member of the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council Team
- Executive Director for Children and Family Services
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- Interim Strategic Director for People
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- Chairman
- Chief Executive
- Northamptonshire Children 's Trust
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- Corporate Director for Children, Young People and Schools
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- Corporate Director for Children and Young People
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- Director of Children 's Services
- Plymouth City Council
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- Executive Director, Adults, Health Partnerships and Housing and Executive Director of Children 's Services
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- Corporate Director Children, Families and Education
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- Managing Director, Children and Young People
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Elected Director
- Interim Director of Children 's Services
- Interim Director of Children 's Services / Bedford Borough Council
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- Member of the Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council Team
- Director of Children 's Services, Kingston and Richmond
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- Chief Executive
- Birmingham Children 's Trust
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- Executive Director of Children 's Services
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- Executive Director of Children and Young People Services
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- Corporate Director for Children 's Services
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- President
- President of the Board of Directors
- Corporate Director Children and Young People / Durham County Council
- Corporate Director of Children
- Corporate Director of Children and Young People
- President Conference.
John has been the Corporate Director Children and Young People (DCS) for Durham County Council, since September 2019 and prior to that held DCS/DASS roles in two other Councils. He has been involved in ADCS for many years, prior to becoming Vice President in 2022 he held the role of North East Regional Chair and a member of the ADCS Council of Reference.
John has a strong track record of improvement in Children's services and has developed and led high quality services in different areas. He is a great believer in Sector-Led Improvement leading the establishment of the Regional Improvement and Innovation Alliance in the North East. He has previously worked with DfE as a ‘Partner in Practice' supporting system wide improvement and has also supported a local authority in intervention as the Independent Chair of an Improvement Board.
John became ADCS President on 1 April 2023.
John Pearce, ADCS President , responds to a report on profit making and...
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- Corporate Director Children 's Services
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- Executive Director Children 's Services
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- Acting Director of Children 's Services
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- Leicester City Council
- Strategic Director, Social Care & Education
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- Director of Children and Family Wellbeing
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- Corproate Director of Children Services, Interim
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- Executive Director for Children, Education and Families / New Shire Hall Emery Crescent Enterprise
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- Executive Director ( Children and Public Health )
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Strategic Director, Children and Young People
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- Chairman
- Executive Director for Children and Young People
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- Strategic Director of Children and Education Services
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- Executive Director for Children & Young People
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- Director Children, Education and Families
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- Executive Director of Children 's Services
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- Executive Director of Children and Learning
- Southampton City Council
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- Strategic Director of Children 's Services
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- Interim Director of Children and Family Services
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Interim Corporate Director - Children 's Services
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- Executive Director, Children 's and Adults Services
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Corporate Director - Children and Young People 's Service
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- Director of Children and Young People 's Futures
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Honorary Treasurer
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Executive Director of Children and Learning / Camden Council
- Executive Director of Children and Learning.
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- Strategic Director for Children
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- Executive Director, People Services
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- Interim Corporate Director of Children & Young People
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Immediate past President
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Bradford Children and Families Trust
- Chief Executive Officer / Bradford Children and Families Trust
Charlotte qualified as a social worker in Manchester and worked in a variety of roles around Greater Manchester, including as DCS and DASS in Salford between 2014 and 2022.. In 2022 Charlotte was apppinted as the first Chief Executive Officer for Bradford Children and Families Trust, which started to operate on 1 April 2023.
Charlotte has previously been chair of the ADCS Health, Care and Additional Needs Policy Committee in 2016 and served as President of the Association during 2021/22.
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- Corporate Director of Children 's Services
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- Strategic Director, Children 's Services
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- Birmingham City Council
- Strategic Director for Children and Families / Children and Young People Directorate, PO
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Assistant Director / Derbyshire County Council
- Elected Director
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Chairman
- Director of Children 's Social Care
- Director of Children 's Social Care, Warrington Council
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- Director of Children 's Services
- Director of Children 's Services, Wandsworth Council
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- Director of Children 's Services
- Director of Children 's Services, Haringey Council
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Director for Children 's Services
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- Executive Director - People, Children 's Services
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- Executive Director of Children, Young People and Education
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Executive Director of Children 's Services
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- Executive Director of Children 's Services
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- Director of Children, Education and Skills
- Newcastle City Council
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Corporate Director for People
- Nottingham City Council
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- Corporate Director - Children Services
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- Director of Children 's Services, Stockport MBC
- Executive Director for People and Integration
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- Executive Director - Department for People
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Executive Director Children and Family Services
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- Vice - Chair
- Director of Children 's Services
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- Executive Director: Children and Customer
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- Strategic Director for Children and Families
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- Brighton & Hove City Council
- Executive Director, Families, Children & Learning
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- Interim Corporate Director, Children, Young People and Education
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- Executive Director of Children 's Services
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- Interim Director Children and Families
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- Member of the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council Team
- Strategic Director, Children 's and Adults
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- Interim Director of Children 's Services
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- Director for Children 's Services, Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Director of Children 's Services
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- Executive Dirctor, People
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- Bristol City Council
- Executive Director Children and Education
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- Chairman
- Member of the Policy Committee
- Chairman of the ADCS Education Policy Committee
- Education
- Executive Director of Children 's Services
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Strategic Director, Social Care and Lifelong Learning
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- Chairman
- Chairman of the ADCS Families, Communities and Young People.
- Executive Director for Children, Families & Education
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Director of Children and Young People Services
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- Strategic Director of Children 's Services
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- Executive Director of Education and Children 's Services
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- Group Director for Children and Education
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- Chairman
- Executive Director of Children, Lifelong Learning and Families
- Executive Director of Children, Lifelong Learning and Families, Merton Council
The London Innovation and Improvement Alliance's (LIIA) dedicated website can be found here. The LIIA the ALDCS sector-led improvement partnership, hosted by London Councils.
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- Honorary Secretary
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Director, Children and Family Services
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- Executive Director of Children, Young People
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- Corporate Director for Children and Young People 's Service
- Liverpool City Council
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- Chairman
- Chief Executive
- Sunderland City Council / Together for Children
Jill Colbert, Chief Executive /DCS, Together For Children, Sunderland City Council
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- Chairman
- Executive Director
- Executive Director, Children 's Services, Telford & Wrekin Council
This West Midlands regional programme is supported by the West Midlands ADCS Network team; more information can be found via the regional chair, by contacting info@wmchildrensservices.
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- Chairman
- Executive Director of Children 's Services
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- Strategic Director of Children 's Services & Education
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- Executive Director of Community and Children 's Services ( DCS and DASS )
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Director of Children and Young People 's Services
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- Executive Director Children Services
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- Director of Children and Families Services
- Leeds City Council
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Strategic Director - Together for Families
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- Member of the Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council Team
- Corporate Director for Children and Families / Civic Offices PO
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- Chief Parnerships Officer / Interim Director of Children 's Services
- Coventry City Council
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- Executive Director of Children 's Services
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- Executive Director of Children 's Services and Education
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- Corporate Director of Children 's Services / Swindon Borough Council
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Co - Chair
- Director for Children, Education and Families, West Sussex County Council
- Director of Children 's Services, West Sussex County Council
- Executive Director of Children, Young People and Learning
The South East region is co-chaired by Lucy Butler, Director of Children's Services, West Sussex County Council and Mac Heath, Director of Children's Services in Milton Keynes Council
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- Chairman
- Corporate Director of People
- Corporate Director of People ( DCS ), Wilshire Council / Chair
- Corporate Director of People, Wiltshire County Council
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- Director Children Services and Education ( DCS )
- Director, Children 's Services and Education, Bath and North East Somerset Council
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- Executive Director of Children 's Services
- Salford City Council
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- Strategic Director of Children 's Services
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- Executive Director of Children, Families and Schools
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Director for Children and Families
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- Strategic Director of Children and Young People 's Services
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- Director Children 's Services
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- Chairman
- Director, Children, Young People and Family Services
- Hull City Council
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- Chairman
- Executive Director of Children, Families and Lifelong Learning
- Executive Director of Children, Families and Lifelong Learning, Surrey County Council. to Contact Rachael
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- Interim Director of Children and Families
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- Director of Children 's Services ( Acting ) West Northamptonshire Council
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- Director of Children, Young People and Families
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- Interim Director of Children and Education / Sandwell Council
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- Director, Children 's and Joint Commissioning Services
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- Chairman
- Chairman of the ADCS Families, Communities and Young People
- Executive Director of Children 's Services
Commenting on the NCB's report on early help, Sara Tough, Chair of the...
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- Director of Children, Families and Education
- Portsmouth City Council
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- Corporate Director - Children, Young People and Education
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- Executive Director Bi - Borough Children 's Services
- Westminster City Council
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Corporate Director of Children 's Services
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- Director for Children, Families and Education
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Director of Early Help and Children 's Social Care / Derby City Council
- Elected Director
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- Chief Executive and Director of Children 's Services
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Director of Local Delivery / Essex County Council / Immediate past President
- Elected Director
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- Executive Director of People
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- Director of Starting Well ( Stat Director of Children 's Services )
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- Executive Director for People - Children
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- Chief Executive Worcestershire Children First and Director of Children 's Services
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- Corporate Director, Children and Young People
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- Director of Children 's Services
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- Executive Director, Children Services
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- Events and Communications Officer
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- Member of the Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council Team
ADCS Policy Officer: Sarah Wilson supports the work of the committee. To contact Sarah, email sarah.wilson@adcs.org.uk