ANDREW COZENS CBE is a Strategic Adviser for the Local Government Association. In this role he advises central and local government and partner agencies on children’s services, adult social care, public health and local government’s relationship with the NHS.
Before joining its predecessor body the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) in 2006, he spent ten years as director of social services in Gloucestershire and Leicester City. He also was Deputy Chief Executive for Leicester City
Council from 2001-5. Prior to that, he worked in the statutory and voluntary sector in North Yorkshire and Birmingham.
He was President of the Association of Directors of Social Services (ADSS) in 2003/4. He is an adviser to the Local Government Association, the Welsh Social Services Improvement Agency, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and a Board member of the National Skills Academy for Social Care.
In a personal capacity he is Vice Chair of the Trustees of the Princess Royal Trust for Carers.
He received a CBE in the New Year’s Honours List in 2004 in recognition of his contribution to social work.
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