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Executive Portfolio: |
The
Deputy Mayor
and Executive Member for Children’s Services |
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Portfolio Holder: |
Councillor Mieka Smiles |
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Lead Officer: |
Executive Director Children’s
Services Director of Children’s Care Director of Education and
Partnerships |
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SCOPE OF PORTFOLIO |
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The
Deputy Mayor and Executive Member for Children’s Services will Chair meetings
of the Executive and act in place of the Mayor, if for some reason the Mayor
is unable to act. The
Deputy Mayor and Executive Member for Children’s Services will also act as
the Statutory Lead Member for Children’s Services in accordance with the
Children Act 2004 and associated statutory guidance, ensuring that our
children are protected, to safeguard their welfare and wherever possible,
seek to enable or provide a safe environment that reduces dependency on
services, including the most disadvantaged and vulnerable and their families
and carers. The
Deputy Mayor has responsibility for: ·
Children’s Services o Early Years and Children’s
Centres o Supporting Education
Services o Play and Youth Services o Children’s Social Care ·
Marketing and Communications. Correspondence address: Mieka_Smiles@middlesbrough.gov.uk |
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