Lucy Butler is an experienced Director of Children’s Services with over 25 years’ experience working in the adult and children social services sector. She began her career working with people with learning disabilities and mental health needs. She worked as an Assistant Director in Hampshire before moving to Oxfordshire where she worked for adults and then as Director of Children’s Services until April 2020. In her next 4 years she led Children’s Services in West Sussex taking them from Inadequate to Requires Improvement with Good Features. As a result of the confidence that was in restored in Children’s Services under her stewardship, the plan to transfer those services to a Children’s Trust was reversed.
As CEO for Home and Future, Lucy is applying her skills and experience in leading transformation to help the region build a new effective partnership. She is also the Chair of the Staff College, an organisation promoting strong leadership in the sector. She is passionate about making sure we live in a society where all our children thrive. Lucy is a bit of a culture vulture and spends her spare time at the theatre, reading or exploring new music.