Decision details

This report sets out proposals for the reconfiguration of the Children's Services Directorate, so to provide the needed capacity to deliver service improvements and address the future agenda issues facing the service. This will be a matter for Council to decide on 4 October 2007.

146/2007 The Cabinet recommended to Council the following proposals, as set out in the report, for the reconfiguration of the Children's Services Directorate subject to consultation in accordance with the reorganisation and redundancy procedures:
· The establishment of a fourth Assistant Director position responsible for Planning, Performance and Commissioning.
· The reconfiguration of the current organisational arrangements for child protection.
· The reconfiguration of the existing Assistant Director positions to ensure a more equitable distribution of workload.

These recommendations provide the capacity to deliver service improvements and address the future agenda facing the service.