APPENDIX 5
AMENDMENT TO COUNCIL CONSTITUTION
“DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES” AND “CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICER”
1.
The present statutory position is that the Council are required to appoint :
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A Director of Social Services (Section 6 of the Local Authority Social
Services Act 1970)
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A Chief Education Officer (Section 532 of the Education Act 1996).
2.
The Officers appointed in accordance with paragraph 1 above do not have to have
the precise wording listed as their job titles, but have to be identified as the persons
carrying out the duties appropriate to those posts. Hence, the former Director of
Education and Leisure is the “Chief Education Officer”, and the former Director of
Community and Social Services is the “Director of Social Services”.
3.
Pending enactment of the Children Bill, the existing holders of the posts of “Director
of Social Services” and “Chief Education Officer” will be required to continue to fulfil
the statutory duties relevant to those posts. However, the newly appointed
Strategic Director of Community, Health and Social Care and Strategic Director of
Children’s Services, will be able to work towards their new roles in anticipation of
the Children Bill becoming law.
4.
The Children Bill envisages the abolition of the requirements to appoint :
5.
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A Director of Social Services (Schedule 2, Paragraph 2(2)(b))
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A Chief Education Officer (Schedule 2, Paragraph 4(2)),
The Children Bill envisages requirements to appoint the following officers :
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Director of Adult Social Services (Schedule 2, Paragraph 2(2)(a))
Director of Children’s Services (Section 13(4))
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