Paul Snell, former director of social services at Nottingham Council, has been appointed as one of six business directors at the new Commission for Social Care Inspection when it gets up and running in April.
As head of inspection, regulation and review, he will be responsible for managing the inspectorate's relationships with councils and private and voluntary sector providers, and ensuring inspections are carried out competently.
He told Children Now that he wanted to see local relationship managers put in place to encourage councils and independent providers to work together more effectively.
"We will have the ability not just to focus on particular service areas or particular residential units, but to look across the providers of social care in an area," he said.
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