Andrew Eyres. Jocelyn Cruywagen is a black worker activist and Unison rep at Lambeth council. Mr Gilbys office was the subject of a serious arson attack. I am grateful that Andrew will remain with us while we start the search for a new Chief Executive helping the new appointee enjoy a smooth transition soon after Mays local elections. Londons housing crisis has presented the council with a new set of issues to grapple with. To ensure editorial independence, Brixton Buzz accepts no advertising, sponsorship or funding. Chief Executive. Intimidation of chief executives at Lambeth council highlighted by child abuse inquiryreport, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Child abuse Inquiry: The reports to Lambethcouncil, Crystal Palace park schemes 2: Back to the Future! Back Submit. 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With a determination to flourish and succeed, Sandra creates a prime source of contagious energy directed at getting results. Probably lot more so since it was legalised under RIPA. Assistant Chief Executive @ Homes and Communities Agency; Senior Civil Servant @ Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government; Head of Transport Integration @ Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) London Borough of Lambeth; London Borough of Lambeth . <>/Metadata 419 0 R/ViewerPreferences 420 0 R>> Also reporting to the Chief Executive are: Andrews strong and consistent leadership meant that not a single council service had to be closed during the height of the pandemic and that we provided unprecedented help and support to Lambeths residents and businesses. Greta has a particular interest in developing multi-agency partnership responses to individuals and families experiencing multiple difficulties. Councillor Peter Mason, leader of the council, said: "As we start the search for our new permanent chief executive, I am delighted to be welcoming Paul Martin to Ealing in the New Year. Cllr Claire Holland, the Leader of Lambeth Council,said: On behalf of all elected Members, our hard-working staff and our borough partners, I would like to say a huge thank you to Andrew for his unwavering support and leadership during some of the most challenging times in Lambeths recent history. Ian Thomas CBE, Chief Executive. But a few weeks ago Lambeth council launched its. Lambeth Council said it "fully accepted" that the service it provided fell below it usual standards. Intimidation was used as a lever even against the most senior officers. Similar concerns were raised in 2013 after a housing restructure that many staff felt had been institutionally discriminatory towards Black staff. He took up his first Chief Executive role at Barnet Council, leading one of the capitals most extensive and ambitious regeneration programmes. Its a tough gig, for sure. With one or two exceptions, a succession of elected members and senior professionals ought to have been held accountable for allowing this to happen, either by their active commission or complicit omission. Meanwhile Lambeth is happy to send 30 middle managers on a training course at a cost of 7,000 per person. The figure is possibly higher as exact figures weren't provided and the lower . [Lambeth Council] to continue to use the learning from our . Salary: 170,000. 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. o&GA"h56t5jkJ^}60\s `$I/0Y^3lD$Jl(2rP=; gA~m^/3H Maths Teacher Job, permanent and full-time post. of the commercial council agenda.' . As a result, Marlon has been awarded eight national best practice awards for excellence in youth, community engagement, consultation, gang exit, community safety and workforce inclusion. Learn how your comment data is processed. Admittedly, Sean Harriss's tenure at Lambeth LBC, the second council he headed, came to an end sooner than anticipated (more on that later). The Council agreed to loan its own company a further 7.5m last month. Learn more about the transition. And in 1995 Jamaican-born Heather Rabbatts took charge of Lambeth, having previously been chief executive of another London borough, Merton. Gray's appointment by the Labour leader, announced this week, has proved controversial because as . Chief Executive of Integrated and Specialist Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust . % 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. Website of the company : lambeth.gov.uk / Size of the company : sign up to find out More Informations About This Profile (Education, Experience, Skills, etc.) 2 0 obj The five directorates are: Children's Services. . Lambeths first Poet Laureate reviews his first three months in the role and the direction that talking about the role is leading him in. 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. . The biggest of these homes Shirley Oaks was the subject of allegations against 177 members of staff or individuals connected with the home, involving at least 529 former residents. Fear, intimidation and racism permeated Lambeth council says the report. stream The council's chief officers, structure and service departments. Speaking about the appointment, Leader of the Council, Councillor Ruth Dombey, said: We just have to keep going and mitigate the impact of cuts as much as possible.. Getting info on who provides the heating/ contracts/ cost seems important. This. Lambeth Council was only able to identify one senior Council employee, over the course of 40 years, who was disciplined for their part in this catalogue of sexual abuse." It goes on: "By June 2020, Lambeth Council was aware of 705 former residents of three children's homes in this investigation (Shirley Oaks, South Vale and Angell Road . . '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 . While this has been a difficult decision, now that the worst of Covid-19 pandemic appears to be behind us and with the local elections just four months away, now feels like the right time to consider other opportunities. His goal is | 44 comments on LinkedIn Mike Jackson. In another case singled out by the Housing Ombudsman, a tenant suffering from arthritis and chronic pain was left with a faulty boiler for months. BAME Council-wide . DFR. Mairad leads Healthwatch Lambeth, overseeing the running of the organisation and making the case for change to improve health and social care outcomes for local people. so, how did that guy found out he was being bugged..? A South London council paid housing company bosses 2 million last year as they built just 20 new council homes. Andrew has led a transformation of Lambeth council focused around the delivery of the goals of the Borough Plan, on which he worked extensively with elected Members and borough partners. I had my windscreen smashed.. But residents havent always been on side. 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. . It is on course to be the most populated inner London borough by 2020, according to Trust for London, which produces Londons Poverty Profile. He also received threats to his family. Lambeth council is set to appoint a new chief executive to head the authority. ", Follow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Heres some interesting information. For example, when as chief executive he was conducting investigations into fraud, Lord Ouseley told us that: I was getting calls in the middle of the night I had all four of my tyres slashed in one go. The report says: It is notable that intimidation was experienced even at the most senior level of officer leadership, in the cases of Chief Executives Herman Ouseley and Henry Gilby. He was head hunted and interviewed with a short list of one. . First joining Lambeth as Interim Chief Executive in 2017, Andrew was appointed to the permanent role in July 2018. Melanie has 20 years experience working in finance having worked through the ranks from Accounts Assistant to Acting Director of Finance. 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. <> Join to view profile Report this profile Report Report. Having had quick read of the two websites I would say this. (LogOut/ Racism was evident in their hostile and abusive treatment by some staff. Shirley Oaks and South Vale were brutal places where violence and sexual assault were allowed to flourish. She strives to find the most efficient way to work, improving systems, processes, and procedures, thus creating more time to focus on driving business performance. Chief Executive, Lambeth Council Chief Executive's Office Lambeth Town Hall Brixton Hill SW2 1RW 14 July 2020 Dear Mr Travers, ELECTORAL REVIEW OF LAMBETH: WARDING ARRANGEMENTS I am writing to inform you that the Commission has, today, opened its consultation inviting proposals for a new pattern of electoral wards for Lambeth Council. %PDF-1.7 Two of them separately photographed him at their private homes when he was either naked or wearing only his underwear. 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. It will place Gray at the heart of a Labour Party machine which has a complex web of Croydon connections. A#MLs5j'jrx9J_VP_wTG{,&)EdFK.8]yr\,|{YL%^+pgow: 9GwluW Extraordinarily just SIX people have been successfully prosecuted by the police, meaning that hundreds of people must have got away with the vile sexual abuse of children. The report said: It is hard to comprehend the cruelty and sexual abuse inflicted on children in the care of Lambeth Council over many years, by staff, by foster carers and their families, and by volunteers in residential settings. And this is certainly an underestimate. 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. 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). Those who tried to stop it were intimidated and threatened. Little has changed tbh, apart from the number of high earners at the Town Hall.In total 26 staff members benefit from a salary of 100,000 or higher. Change). He also Chairs the Board's Audit and Risk Committee. News and announcements. She knows HFL and the development programme very well having been part of the team that launched the company 3 years ago. Chief Executive - Mairad Healy. The new directorate structure is 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. His home and office were broken into and computer records were stolen during a time when he was attempting to deal with corrupt practices. That focus on sustainable economic growth, significant work to meet the pioneering statement by the Council to achieve Net Zero by 2030, improvements to residents services, investment in the boroughs multi award-winning parks and open spaces and a new approach to equality, diversity and inclusion has meant that the Council is well-placed to navigate the challenges of the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic.