Enquiries to: Information Team Our Ref: FOI 1243961 [email protected] Dear Sir/Madam

Freedom of Information Request 1243961

Thank you for your recent request. Your request was actioned under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in which you requested the following information:-

Please can you provide the current/latest organisational structure for Children's Services and Early Years teams ' including the names and job titles of all senior management and strategic heads of departments, budget holders for training, and development across Children's Services, along with contact numbers and email addresses.

Please can you provide details of the personal assistant for their senior management team.

Please can you provide a list of external suppliers involved with Children's Services, including preferred outsources.

Also, could you please provide the names, job titles, contact numbers, and email addresses of those who are responsible for the commissioning of services for Children's Services such as Children's Homes, Leaving Care, Fostering, and Youth Offending ' including any Councillors who sit on any children-related committees.

Response City Council confirms that it holds information relevant to the terms of your request, our response being as follows –

Please refer to the appended latest structure chart attached down to Service manager level. Contact details also attached.

Placements North West provide the following services as preferred outsourced: Foster Carers - Hosted by STAR Procurement who can be contacted at STAR Procurement, , Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, , M32 0TH [email protected] Childrens Residential Services - Hosted by STAR Procurement Trafford who can be contacted at STAR Procurement, Trafford Council, Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, M32 0TH [email protected] Leaving Care Accommodation - Hosted by Thameside Council who can be contacted at Council, Tameside One, PO BOX 317, Ashton under Lyne, OL6 0GS

A Liverpool City Regional Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System, owned by

Knowsley Borough Council, is used to procure Care and Personal Services for Disabled Children and consists of nine Lots.

To assist you with your enquiry you may wish to contact Knowlsey Borough Council to request this information. Details below:

In writing to: Customer Liaison Team, Knowsley Council, Archway Road, , L36 9YU Or email [email protected].

Children’s Social Care Commissioner: Carol Roche E-mail: [email protected]

Youth Offending:

We do not commission any services the only external provider is CACI who supply the Childview electronic case management system.

Cathy Griffiths, Divisional Manager, Targeted Services for Young People. E-mail: [email protected]

Information relating to Councillor on Committees dealing with Children is already in the public domain and reasonably accessible to you at –

This concludes our response.

The City Council will consider appeals, referrals or complaints in respect of your Freedom of Information Act 2000 and you must submit these in writing to [email protected] within 28 days of receiving your response. The matter will be dealt with by an officer who was not previously involved with the response and we will look to provide a response within 40 days.

If you remain dissatisfied you may also apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision about whether the request for information has been dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.The Information Commissioner’s website is www.ico.gov.uk and the postal address and telephone numbers are:- Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. Telephone 0303 123 1113. Email – [email protected] (they advise that their email is not secure)

I trust this information satisfies your enquiry.

Yours sincerely A Lewis Angela Lewis Information Team - November 2019

Children and Young People’s Services Senior Managers Structure

Steve Reddy

Director

Suzanne Metcalfe Gail Porter Fiona Waddington Heather Duggan

Assistant Director Programme Director Chief Education Officer Assistant Director Early Help Families Children’s Social Care

Karen Claire Trish Berry Hazel Cathy John Holt Jacqui Carol Alison Sarah Wendy Gleave Campbell Patterson Griffiths Taylor Roche Moglione Hodgson Early Help lyn.tayl Moss

SEND Special Educational Needs and Strategic Early Years and Children’s Targeted Services LSCP Business Families Disabilities Performance Childcare Locality Early Help Centres for Young People Officer Strategic Programme Sensory Analyst model, EHAT team Workforce Commissioning Manager SEN Assessment and Service Lead and coordinators Pupil Support Short breaks YOS Occupational High Needs Funding Therapy Team

and Personalisation Early Help SENISS Troubled SEND Local Offer Information and Language Families Independent Travel Support Resource Coordinator Training Provision

Heather Liz Mekki Angela Alison Carol Nicky Joanne Paul Elaine Sandra Flynn D’Annunzio O’Connor Lees Urding Alison Lesley Malik Anne Linda Bowden Dagnall McCausland Tai Green Chadwick Killen Marie Coady Assessment Quality Commissioning Education School Assurance & Robb Psychology and Inclusion Improvement Family Support Permanence Interim Court and Care Safeguarding Tyra and Residential and Leaving Fostering Business Education Planning Student Support Adult Learning LATCo Care Primary Lead Secondary Manager Finance Systems & Pether and Centres School Lead Manager Intelligence Complaints Adoption Behaviour and Children and Improvement School School School Manager Families Trust MASH Team Social Inclusion Liverpool Improvement Improvement Improvement Partnership Post 16 Children, Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool Manager Local Authority Disabled Admissions Young People

Designated Children’s School and Families

Officer (LADO) Team Organisation Plan

Children and Young People’s Services contact details

Steve Reddy, Director, Children and Young People’s Service Email: [email protected]

Suzanne Metcalfe, AD, Early Help Email: [email protected]

Gail Porter, Programme Director, Families Email: [email protected]

Fiona Waddington, AD, Children’s Social Care Email: [email protected]

Heather Duggan, Chief Education Officer Email: [email protected]

Early Help:

Karen Gleave [email protected] Claire Campbell [email protected] Trish Berry [email protected] Hazel Paterson [email protected] Cathy Griffiths [email protected] John Holt [email protected]

Education:

Malik Killen [email protected] Alison Green [email protected] Lesley Chadwick [email protected] Anne Marie Robb [email protected] Linda Coady [email protected] Joanne Bowden [email protected] Paul Dagnall [email protected] Sandra Tai [email protected] Elaine McCausland [email protected]

Families:

Jacqui Taylor [email protected] Wendy Moss [email protected] Carol Roche [email protected] Alison Moglione [email protected]

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Social Care Managers:

Tyra Pether [email protected] Liz Mekki [email protected] Angela D’Annunzio [email protected] Alison O’Connor [email protected] Nicky Urding [email protected] Caroline Smith [email protected] Sarah Hodgson [email protected]

All Liverpool City council staff can be contacted via the switchboard on 0151 233 3000.

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