Our Children’s Improvement team has established an offer of support for chief executives in delivering their accountability to provide effective children’s services.
The offer aligns with the support available via our children’s improvement advisers who work with our principal advisers in each region. The work on the chief executive support offer is led by Philip Simpkins and steered by a bimonthly meeting of regional lead chief executives. Outputs to date have included an updated Chief Executive Must Know Guide, themed webinars and individual support.
We are working closely with Solace and the Staff College to ensure alignment. The work has several strands and will be developed as in line with identified needs, they include:
- support for chief executives of councils receiving an inadequate judgment for their children’s services – including access to advice and support from chief executives who have delivered an improvement journey and one to one support
- a package of tailored support for new chief executives depending on their needs and experience
- line of sight review – enabling the chief executives to think through their line of sight on children’s services and safeguarding partnerships
- regional finance offer – supporting the Section 151 officer and finance teams in respect of children’s services
- facilitated conversations- support for the senior leadership team to develop a common vision and purpose in respect of corporate parenting
- focused finance review- to help local authority to better understand the use of resources and capacity across children’s services and the impact of this on budgets.
We also offer peer mentoring for chief executives who would like to develop their leadership of children’s services. If you would like further information about any aspect of this offer, please contact Philip Simpkins at [email protected] or on 07392 003902.