WATE-(55)
Response
Historic
Assign children's services policy and oversight to Assistant Director level manager
Recommendation
The responsibility for policy and service development and for oversight of the delivery of a local authority's children's services should be assigned to one member of the social services department management team of at least Assistant Director status.
Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No formal government response has been recorded for this recommendation. No independent verification has been carried out.
Sources
Based on tracking data in the inquiry database.
How was this evidence gathered?
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic
Response
HistoricNo government response recorded.
Recommendation age
26.3 yrs
Last formal update
No formal updates