Its also one of the best paid jobs in local government. LA-A307 was taken to Shirley Oaks at the age of nine. Learn how your comment data is processed. The new directorate structure is Having had quick read of the two websites I would say this. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Executive Director of Children and Young People's Services. Grade: Chief Executive. When workmen finally arrived in late December 2021, they removed the fuse, leaving the woman with no hot water over Christmas and the New Year, which, she said, worsened her pain. Eastleigh Borough Council has chosen its new Chief Executive, subject to approval by councillors at a full council meeting on 24 February. Examples of train season ticket increases, Storybook inspired by toy poodles' adventures on Hampstead Heath, Arteta hails loudest and most emotional moment after 97th minute winner bedlam, Merton Police prevent house party in Morden with 100 youths attending, Merton Police prevent very large house party in Morden with 100 youths attending, China looks at reforms to deepen Xi's control, Historic ocean treaty agreed after decade of talks, Inside the enclave surrounded by pro-Russia forces, 'The nurses wanted me to feel guilty about my abortion, From Afghan TV fame to a US factory floor. Our work on equality, diversity and inclusion has been challenging but highly rewarding with real and positive achievements following the 2017 Lambeth Equality Commission and the review of the councils workforce policies by Patrick Vernon in 2019. The chief executive of Lambeth Council has quit after four years in the job. Frontline staff employed to care for these most vulnerable children frequently failed to take action when they knew about sexual abuse. - OnLondon, Lambeth set to increase Council Tax by 2.99% with Brexit, War in Ukraine and crap politicians in Westminster all to blame. That effort has been essential during the unprecedented challenge of the pandemic. A number of Lewisham Council roles received a pay rise this year, according to its pay . Richard Blakeway, the Housing Ombudsman, said: "We have called for [Lambeth Council] to 'radically improve' and expressed concern for how its actions were at times disrespectful of residents and lacked empathy for the impact of its service failures. In a round-robin letter chief executive Andrew Travers outlines the purpose of the changes, the new directorate structure and the new senior roles, which went 'live' today (February 1st). So as the little girl said in the Poltergeist II movieTheyre Back! Lambeth Council said it "fully accepted" that the service it provided fell below it usual standards. The former Chief Executive made her statement at a public meeting hosted by the team carrying out the inquiry, and was speaking officially on behalf of the Council. Homes for Lambeth is being consolidated within Lambeth Council. Melanie joined HFL in February 2021 having built her career in the private sector across a diverse range of industries such as automotive, telecoms, FMCG, SAAS and construction. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Even take a look at the CHILE part of Operation Middleton because people are now aware of the links discovered by the excellent investigative journalist Charles Thomson between Lambeth and the newly reopened Southend/London paedophile ring cover up. Lambeth Council and South East London NHS want autistic people of all ages, carers and experts to have a say on what should go into a new long-term strategy On the day that parents and carers across London are told which secondary school their children have been offered places Have your say on a new NHS and Lambeth All-Age Autism Strategy, National Offer Day 2023: Lambeth secondary schools offer a place to every child, Active Lambeth: Free under-11s swimming and new discounts, Lambeth schools close on Thursday 2 March due to strikes. % Chief Executive at Lambeth Council | Clerk to the Western Riverside Waste Authority London, England, United Kingdom. Why is my train ticket becoming more expensive? Lord Herman Ouseley, former Lambeth Council chief executive Jack Smith, former Lambeth Council employee and former chair of the Lambeth Council adoption and fostering panel Jane Allison Hunter, Queen's Counsel Lady Janet Boateng, former Lambeth Council councillor and chair of the social services committee . Civic Centre 44 York Street Twickenham TW1 3BZ. Andrews Travers is to stand down as the Chief Executive at Lambeth Council in June 2022 after four years in the top Town Hall job. Two of them separately photographed him at their private homes when he was either naked or wearing only his underwear. Working for @lambeth_council has been a great experience. . Two survivors of Shirley Oaks were able to get past security at the old Olive Morris House to speak with Harriss about this decision. (LogOut/ Marlon has a strong track record of successfully developing and streamlining systems, identifying opportunities, and leading complex collaborations- that result in improved life outcomes, accessibility and resilience for deprived communities. My thanks and gratitude go to everyone I have had the pleasure of working with and alongside over the last five years and all best wishes for the future of this unique place at the heart of London.. There has been no public declaration of the pay off that Harriss was able to enjoy for walking away. Find out about upcoming Board meetings or watch past meetings, Members local community are encouraged to participate in the Public Forum, bringing questions on health and care in Lambeth. All this took place against a background of fraud, corruption, racism, nepotism by both staff and some councillors. Lord Ouseley described how both his office and home were bugged at the instigation of one of his own staff. multilingual, Lambeth UNISON AGM Booklets and motionsbooklet, Rest in Power: Hitesh Patel and RogerLewis, Final branch results for the consultative ballot onpay, final report into the housing restructure [August 2013], https://lambeth-unison.org/2017/04/18/racism-at-lambeth-council-survey-results/, https://www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/Is%20Racism%20Real.pdf. Those who tried to stop it were intimidated and threatened. Following Lambeth's Overview and Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday 09 December 2020, we spoke to our Chief Executive Officer Jitinder Takhar about the council's review of governance of Homes for Lambeth. F4 Bullying, Intimidation and Racism. The tough choices campaign is part of a PR offensive thats deployed by Lambeth council whenever new budgets hit. Commenting on the news, Jitinder Takhar, Chief Executive of Homes for Lambeth said: "HFL is pleased that we have submitted another planning application to Lambeth Council. Homes for Lambeth was established in 2019 and is a . Angell Road systematically exposed children (including those under the age of five years) to sexual abuse. 9:H}R,\?lJTLL8dzOo_iPv`{ tXHQx+?o . The council's chief officers, structure and service departments. A total of 25 top earners at council-owned developer Homes for Lambeth were paid at least 2,075,000, Lambeth Council's draft accounts have revealed. His home and office were broken into and computer records were stolen during a time when he was attempting to deal with corrupt practices. {8>:8>8gy]\q\*sn8uvQ>oMeZsN~|peOO(|sq XU9"!EeP&,eV~Lb2dZl&j[Gs/C"1%$T,Vm24H?K47(s+?V^j'Bzrke' UBXf . The decision will be taken behind closed doors with residents not being able to follow the meeting. 1 0 obj In the course of Hosegoods employment at Shirley Oaks, six out of eight children looked after by him and his wife alleged sexual abuse by him. Learn how your comment data is processed. We just have to keep going and mitigate the impact of cuts as much as possible.. You can read the, The persistence of evidence of institutional racism, over years which have seen significant political and legislative change (including the passing of the, UNISON does not single Lambeth Council out for criticism, but nor do we make the implausible claim that it is a little racism-free island in a wider racist society. Lambeths first Poet Laureate reviews his first three months in the role and the direction that talking about the role is leading him in. He spent 10 years as a Housing Association Development Director and has since then undertaken a number of roles including 3 years working as a director of a for profit Registered Provider and undertaking a series of senior interim roles in Local Authority Housing Companies. Our approach Fenella Merry, Director of Resources. Dame Heather Victoria Rabbatts, DBE (born 6 December 1955) is a Jamaican-born British solicitor, businesswoman, and broadcaster, who rose to prominence as Chief executive of the London Borough of Lambeth, the youngest council chief in the UK. Get 5 free searches. stream 2 0 obj The five directorates are: Children's Services. He told us about his attempts as chief executive to tackle the direct labour organisations, which had been implicated in corrupt practices. The report shows even two chief executives, Herman Ouseley and Henry Gilby were the subject of intimidation. [13] This would subsequently be reflected in their decisions in disqualification or grievance hearings. Now he lives in Clapham, and says he thought someone had spiked his tea the first time he saw south Londons famous flocks of parakeets fly through Brixton high street. In so many cases they showed little warmth or compassion towards the child victims, who were left to cope with the trauma of their abuse on their own. One member of an extreme right-wing organisation said to him that his home number is on the walls of every public convenience in Lambeth, which is how he came to understand how so many people were able to telephone him. To give credit to Travers, he was able to steady the ship after the disastrous spell of previous Chief Executive Sean Harriss. or fitted up like Sabine.. Good post David thanks. She added she called the council every day but it did not take any action until she contacted them on social media. Marlon Bruce is our Special Advisor to the Executive leadership team, with Strategic oversight of EDI. Mr (now Lord) Herman Ouseley was the race relations adviser to Lambeth Council in 1979, assistant chief executive between 1984 and 1986 and chief executive of Lambeth Council between 1990 and 1993. This has rocketed to 31.8m for 2022. Other Council services where an overspend is forecast include Childrens Services which is expected to go 4.8m over budget for the next financial year. And this is certainly an underestimate. The Chief Executive also works closely with the Leader of the Council and other elected members - particularly the Executive - to provide leadership, strategic direction and operational management. Send your story ideas to hellobbclondon@bbc.co.uk. Housing and Regeneration of the commercial council agenda.' . @atravers60. He resurfaced as Interim Chief Exec at One Source, a company that makes money by helping local government to make savings and work more efficiently.. LA-A7 described sexual abuse by three male members of staff, including two from South Vale. Ex-Chief Executive Sean Harriss continued to receive his full pay during this time. What's the least amount of exercise we can get away with? This is even bigger than the huge IICSA expose so far. Chris Rock talks Oscars slap in live Netflix show, Harry: I always felt different to rest of family, Everything Everywhere wins big ahead of Oscars, PM to end asylum claims from small boat arrivals, Street fighting in Bakhmut but Russia not in control, US-made cheese can be called 'gruyere' - court. Lambeth Council chief executive Sean Harriss said officials "do not know yet how many people will come forward under the scheme", and that levels of compensation will depend on the type of abuse . 'With better times in prospect, it is important to remind the industry of the benefits of using our state-of-the-art markets which also reflect our . Resident Services are forecasting an overspend of 3m for the financial year. Sandra Roebuck is our Interim Chief Executive Officer and a Company Director on HFL Build and HFL Living Boards. Heather Rabbatts. The council's chief officers, structure and service departments. The appointment of Dosunmu , who is also the council's strategic director for resident services, is subject to approval by a full . Talk to us on Twitter via @Guardianpublic and sign up for your free weekly Guardian Public Leaders newsletter with news and analysis sent direct to you every Thursday. Citzens advice more on the legal route. 2022-23: Lambeth misconduct alert . https://t.co/K0wOfVuWwL, Andrew Travers (@atravers60) February 3, 2022. 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The Board also hosts a Public Forum six times a year. Hollands personal leadership on the climate crisis and the challenges of Net Zero has meant that we have built on our position as the first London borough to declare a climate emergency with robust and credible proposals to reduce our environmental impact for change across everything the council does. Dame Heather Rabbatts who was chief executive from 1995 to 2000 described how she inherited a council with a culture of fear and sexism and racism. Get his/her professional email address for free Noel Usuanlele (chartered mcipd) Lead workforce planning . The official reason given was ill health.. Lambeth is one of many councils across the country thats been on the receiving end of protests over library cuts. . Thousands of names were missing from the electoral lists. Lambeth London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Lambeth in Greater London, England.It is a London borough council, and one of the 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London.The council meets at Lambeth Town Hall in Brixton.Lambeth is divided into 25 wards: thirteen are represented by 3 councillors and twelve are represented by 2. . 3 0 obj The report also criticised the authority's handling of issues with mould, damp and contractors' behaviour. Andrew Travers, Chief Executive of Lambeth Council, has announced today (February 3) that he is stepping down as Chief Executive after over four years in the role. There is much left to do but without the incredible efforts of every single member of staff and all of our councillors, little would have been achieved. Andrew Travers, the new Chief Executive of Lambeth Council has responded to media reports by sending an email to all staff saying that; This contradicts what former Chief Executive, Faith Boardman, said on 2 April 2003, when she said that; This statement is recorded in a footnote to the report of the LCAS Inquiry, commissioned by and published for the Council in 2003, the authors of which pointed out that, The Council appointed a panel with appropriate expertise who understood (in their words) that, The LCAS Inquiry report was published in July 2003, and in November 2003 the Council published the report of its own Race Scrutiny Commission, which repeated many of the recommendations of the LCAS report. The LCAS inquiry was established by the Council in 2002 to look into circumstances in the Lambeth Community Alarms Service in the period leading up to its closure in 2001. Martin Esom became Chief Executive of Waltham Forest Council in October 2010, having previously been Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director for Environment and Regeneration. Negrini and Lacey had previously worked together at Newham and Lambeth councils. Vic also has a long career as a Non-Executive Director, having been a member of two Housing Association Boards, Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership and is presently a Board member of a Local Authority Housing Company. He told us about his attempts as chief executive to tackle the direct labour organisations, which had been implicated in corrupt practices. LA-A147 was in the care of Lambeth Council in the 1990s and 2000s, from the age of three. All in all this report shows why it was necessary to have a full scale inquiry into child sexual abuse which despite naysayers trying to deny the extent of the problem was obviously rampant in some parts of the country. Since the Council did accept in 2003 the reality of institutional racism in the organisation, if the Chief Executive asks us now to believe that institutional racism is absent, this does rather beg the question of how the Council managed to eradicate institutional racism, and when it achieved this objective. In another case, a mother and her daughter who was allergic to damp were left living in a mouldy home for six months in 2021 because the council failed to fix a leak in a flat above. An . Raj Mistry is our Executive Director of Environment and City Management. It goes on: By June 2020, Lambeth Council was aware of 705 former residents of three childrens homes in this investigation (Shirley Oaks, South Vale and Angell Road) who have made complaints of sexual abuse. Covering areas in Socio-economics/Social value, strategic regeneration, Housing, Asset management, Place and Development, corporate strategy, Children services, Community safety, Employability, Economic development, Business enterprise, community stakeholder engagement and diversity equity and inclusion. Raj was appointed as Executive Director of Environment and City Management in September 2020. BAME Council-wide . Intimidation was used as a lever even against the most senior officers. She described how she inherited a Council with a culture offear and sexism and racism. A spokesperson for the council added: "We have apologised to the tenants for this and, in line with the judgement, we have paid compensation in recognition of the inconvenience and frustration these tenants have experienced. The London Borough of Waltham Forest was named Local Authority of the . This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Over the years, I have worked with three different Leaders each has brought a unique and real passion for Lambeth to the role. Get email newsletters on the issues that matter to you! Resident Services. Harriss stepped aside from his Chief Exec role in October 2017. It is on course to be the most populated inner London borough by 2020, according to Trust for London, which produces Londons Poverty Profile. It seems his whole job is a balancing act at the moment. oS}c 'q_+YW}JaV?&zUtA\]SCHQ#: ZV^)dc,OQ%3,gM9dV2oMBiUF2j[3.M&se w]Lbd 0 A new appointment for the 185,000 role is expected to be made after the May 2022 local elections in Lambeth. Change). He characterises his new borough as vibrant, diverse and highly investible, with a high level of need but also a long history of residents being civic-minded and volunteering. The LCAS inquiry was established by the Council in 2002 to look into circumstances in the Lambeth Community Alarms Service in the period leading up to its closure in 2001. The findings of our own survey of Black Members last year (https://lambeth-unison.org/2017/04/18/racism-at-lambeth-council-survey-results/) reflect the findings of a much larger national survey undertaken by the TUC (https://www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/Is%20Racism%20Real.pdf). Andrew has taken the Council forward in terms of our work on equality and equity within our workforce as well as our leading work to tackle the climate crisis and create healthier and sustainable neighbourhoods. Gray's appointment by the Labour leader, announced this week, has proved controversial because as .