Newly-established posts include director of children's services and a deputy director who is responsible for education.
'This change is the culmination of many months of planning and we already have staff from health, education and social services backgrounds who are working together to provide excellent frontline services for young people,'
said Councillor Caroline Pidgeon, executive member for children's services and education.
Southwark's nine children's centres will be a key part of this integrated delivery, yet only one of these centres is not run by the council. A voluntary group, 1st Place, runs daycare provision and out-of-school clubs at the Aylesbury estate children's centre.
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