Delivering successful Children’s Services in the context of Local Government Reorganisation, Thursday 22 January

This joint session from DCN and the Local Government Association will focus on the experience of senior leaders in unitary councils about how to deliver successful Children’s Services. It will feature contributions from the chief executive of a long-established unitary council and senior officers from recently created unitary councils in Cumbria about navigating the complexity of LGR. We will look at how creating new unitary councils can be an opportunity to redesign and enhance Children’s Services. We will also look at key policy developments on the horizon. This session will be valuable for any district officers and councillors engaged in developing social care and children’s services during the transition to unitary councils or who are interested in working in or representing children’s services in new councils after vesting day. 

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