Agenda item - Senior Management and Cabinet Realignment (Cab.25.5.22/3)

RECOMMENDATION TO FULL COUNCIL ON 26 MAY 2022

Resolved that Cabinet:-

1. Recommends that full Council approves:-

a. The establishment of the position of Executive Director of Public Health and Communities with effect from 1 July 2022. The salary for this post will be based on current Executive Director pay;

b. The deletion of the existing post of Director of Public Health with effect from 30 June 2022;

c. The redesignation of the Directorate and the Executive Director of Adults and Communities to that of the Executive Director of Place Health and Adult Social Care for Barnsley from 1 July 2022. The Executive Director will also be an executive member of the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board; and

d. The realignment of the Service Director of Communities and the Communities business unit from the existing Adults and Communities Directorate to the new Public Health and Communities Directorate with effect from 1 July 2022.

2. Notes the proposed Leader’s decision in relation to Cabinet and Cabinet portfolios with effect from 26 May 2022, pending approval of recommendations 1a-d by full Council on that date. Namely:-

a. The change of the Deputy Leader’s portfolio;

b. The redesignation of the Cabinet Spokesperson and Cabinet Support Member for Adults and Communities to the Cabinet Spokesperson for Place Health and Adult Social Care and the changes to their portfolio;

c. The creation of the Cabinet Spokesperson and Cabinet Support Member for Public Health and Communities and their portfolio. The roles will be remunerated in line with the Cabinet Spokesperson’s and Cabinet Support Member allowances; and

d. The move of responsibility for Transport Strategy including PTE, from the Place (Environment & Transportation) Spokesperson’s portfolio to that of the Place (Regeneration and Culture) Cabinet Spokesperson.

Cabinet received a report which sought approval to realign senior management officer portfolios and roles and set out proposed changes to Cabinet and portfolios to align with the senior management officer portfolios.

The Leader outlined that as part of NHS changes taking place across the Country, the Council’s Executive Director for Adults and Communities had successfully gained the role of Executive Director of Place for Barnsley and as part of the agreement with the NHS, would continue with her role at the Council.

In order to facilitate this an internal re-structure was proposed which would see Communities brought together under Public Health, with the establishment of the Executive Director of Public Health and Communities. The current Adults and Communities role would be redesignated to that of the Executive Director of Place Health and Adult Social Care.

In response it was proposed that the Cabinet Spokesperson and Cabinet Support Members for the current Adults and Communities portfolio be redesignated to Place Health and Adult Social Care and the responsibility for Public Health be placed under newly created positions of Cabinet Spokesperson and Cabinet Support Member for Public Health and Communities.

It was further proposed that the Deputy Leader would take on the fundamental, cross-cutting role and responsibility for levelling up.

It was noted that there would be a name change for the Place directorate in the near future in order to avoid confusion with newly established directorate of Place Health and Adult Social Care.

In terms of financial cost, Members were advised that the costs of the new Place role would be covered jointly by the Council and the NHS which would result in a net saving to the Council.

Cabinet also noted a change to the Cabinet Spokesperson Portfolios attached to the report. Given that the strategic transport and infrastructure work now sat within the Regeneration and Culture Service, the responsibility for Transport Strategy including PTE would move from the Place (Environment & Transportation) Spokesperson’s portfolio to that of the Place (Regeneration and Culture) Cabinet Spokesperson.