Senior management

Corporate Director Children’s Services

John Macilwraith

Salary: £180,000 to £184,999

Email: [email protected]

Responsible for:

  • Children’s Social Care
  • Education
  • Quality and Improvement
  • SEND

Direct reports

Service Director Children’s Social Care

  • Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub
  • Help and Protection
  • Children with Disabilities
  • Looked After Children
  • Leaving Care
  • Adoption
  • Fostering
  • Children’s Homes
  • Youth Offending
  • Supervised Contact
  • Commissioning

Service Director Education

  • Early Help
  • Early Years
  • SEND
  • School Place Planning
  • School Admissions
  • School Improvement
  • Virtual School
  • Adult Learning

You can view more information on the team structure and council spending on our transparency and open data page.

Service Director Children’s Transformation and Improvement

  • Review and transforming the work of the directorate including CSC & Education
  • Development of the Workforce recruitment plan

Service Director Provider Services

  • Children’s Homes
  • Fostering
  • Adoption – link with the Regional Adoption Agency

Assistant Director Quality and Assurance

  • Local Area Designated Officer (LADO)
  • Youth Justice and Support Service
  • Audit
  • Multi Agency Safeguarding Partnership
  • Child Protection Conference
  • Practice Methodology

Assistant Director Strategy and Performance

  • Strategy
  • Plans
  • Inspections
  • Performance
  • MTP
  • Workforce Board