Earlier this month Somerset County Council announced it had terminated the contract of the interim DCS Peter Lewis, who had been in place for around 18 months, for failing to deliver improvements at the struggling authority quickly enough.
His departure leaves the authority, which was rated "inadequate" for child protection by Ofsted last year, looking for its sixth DCS in as many years – the highest turnover rate of all 152 local authorities in England.
The authority said Lewis was sacked from the role following what it called “disappointing” reports into children’s homes and children’s centres and “too little, too slow” progress on children’s services overall.
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