Director of Children and Families

Our Director of Children and Families is:

  • Cath McEvoy-Carr

Our Children and Families directorate includes:

  • children's social care
  • education and skills
  • family support
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Newcastle City Council Director of Children and Families Cath McEvoy-Carr

Biography

Cath McEvoy-Carr joined us in May 2022 as director for Children, Education and Skills.

Cath came from Northumberland County Council, where she had been Children’s Services director since 2016.

Cath’s career began with Sunderland City Council where she worked as a social worker during the early 1990s, before she moved to North Tyneside Council where she remained for ten years.

She then worked as an Ofsted inspector before joining Northumberland County Council.

At Northumberland she also had responsibilities for adult social care and duties as deputy chief executive.