Former Labour Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was appointed by the Department for Education in July to chair the independent trust that will take over the running of Sandwell children's social care services from the council later this year or in early 2018. The decision to establish a children's trust in the West Midlands authority was taken by former children's minister Edward Timpson in October 2016 after Ofsted rated children's services "inadequate" in June 2015.
What have you been focusing on in your first few months as chair?
We have appointed two non-executive directors, but still need to recruit a chief executive, three executive directors and another three non-executive directors for the board. I'm overseeing recruitment of these roles: we're looking for enthusiastic people who have driven improvement elsewhere.
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