To be responsible for the development and delivery of the Council’s Children’s Services including:
· To be the lead member for Children’s Services, including overseeing compliance with statutory duties and reporting requirements as set out in the Children Act 2004.
· To oversee the strategic development and delivery of all aspects of Children’s Services including:
- Safeguarding, Family Placement and Support
- Young People’s Services
- Special Needs Services
- Integrated Early Years and Community Services
· To be a member of the Children and Young People’s Partnership and the Local Safeguarding Children Board.
· To oversee the performance of Children’s Services in relation to national targets and priorities and to take account of any issues arising from external inspection and the performance assessment role of Ofsted.
To oversee and promote corporate parenting responsibilities for children looked after.
· To oversee the commissioning and monitoring, with Health, of Children’s Health Services including Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services from health service providers and community and voluntary organisations.
· To oversee the development and review of the Children and Young People’s Plan.
· To ensure the development and maintenance of positive links and partnerships with local agencies, organisations and businesses to support the delivery of these services.
· To oversee consultation, liaison and the maintenance or positive links with the local Youth Parliament and Harrow members of the UK Youth Parliament.
· To oversee the development and implementation of policies, strategies and procedural arrangements in line with statutory requirements for the provision of the Council’s social services functions for young people.
· To oversee the commissioning and contracting arrangements for the provision of services within the council and jointly with other partner agencies.
· To oversee the quality assurance and inspection functions.
· To oversee the Council’s Multi-Agency Protection Arrangements.
· To lead on partnership with the Health Service in relation to Children.
· To be responsible for the development and delivery of policies, strategies and procedural arrangements in line with statutory requirements in relation to schools in Harrow.
· To be responsible for the development and delivery of the Council’s function as a Local Education Authority in relation to the provision of schools and commissioning post-16 provision within the Borough including:
- Schools
- Achievement and Inclusion
- Children’s Centres
· To oversee and ensure high quality relationships are built with all statutory and voluntary sector partners with particular emphasis on schools.
· To be the lead member for schools, including overseeing the maintenance, compliance with Statutory Duties and reporting requirements of the Council in relation to schools in Harrow.
· To oversee education strategies to support the Narrowing the Gap agenda including achievement, attendance, behaviour and exclusion issues.
· To oversee the performance of schools in Harrow in relation to national targets and priorities and to take account of any issues arising from external inspection and the performance assessment role of Ofsted.
· To oversee consultation, liaison or other partnership arrangements on education matters with the Standing Advisory Committee on Religious Education, pupils/students, staff, parents, governing bodies and government departments including the Young People’s Learning Agency and Skills Funding Agency.