Tender: Children’s Services Governance Advisers for LGA – Regional SEND and Children's Social Care Governance Support

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The Local Government Association (LGA) is seeking up to two experienced Children's Services Governance Advisers to provide specialist support to councils across nine regions to strengthen governance arrangements for effective children's services and SEND delivery. Advisers will work with elected members, senior officers and system partners, including direct work with corporate and political leaders, scrutiny committees and corporate parenting boards, to help councils respond to major organisational or system change such as Children's Social Care reforms, SEND reform, local government reorganisation and changing partnership arrangements. Contracts commence as soon as possible and run until 31 March 2027 with an option to extend for a further year; each contract comprises up to 60 days of combined virtual and face-to-face delivery and may occasionally require evening commitments. The role requires strong professional credibility, excellent political awareness and significant experience of supporting improvement within children's services governance and/or wider partnership governance systems, with service areas including governance improvement and diagnostic support, political leadership and member development, partnership governance and system leadership, developing networks and relationships and contributions to the LGA improvement offer.