Local government reorganisation (LGR) heaps further pressure on the supply of ‘a scarce group of talented individuals' in children's services, a national expert has warned.
Writing in The MJ this week, chief operating officer of consultancy Mutual Ventures, Emmet Regan, said: ‘The recruitment and retention of experienced directors of children's services has been a systemic risk for several years, but LGR runs the risk of exacerbating this.'
