· Covering the full statutory role as Lead Member for Children’s Services
· Ensure the Children’s Trust is fulfilling its partnership role
· Early Help and children’s social care services including disabled children
· Supporting families to stay together wherever appropriate, and promoting security and stability when children do come into our care
· Corporate parenting and ensuring our looked after children succeed
· Statutory duties related to SEND and joint responsibility for SEND support
· Early years, childcare, and children’s centres
· Strong safeguarding through the Merton Safeguarding Children’s Partnership.
· Youth Justice Service and prevention of youth crime
· Leading on developments in youth services and engaging young people in the life of the community e.g. Youth Parliament and Young Inspectors
· Leading on preparing young people for transition into adulthood
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