We have decided to create 10 Themed Officer Posts, whose role and responsibility are to work closer with County Councils Executive Board replicating appropriate portfolio themes. The idea to create these positions came following our successful Councillor #TakeOver pilot project in 2017, where members of the Youth Council spent the day shadowing leading Carmarthenshire County Councillors to get a flavour of their work as Executive Board Members.
During the #TakeOver Days Youth Councillors had the opportunity to meet councillors and council staff and to ask questions of the various departments and services they visited. Shadowing County Councillors was a very interesting experience. It enabled us to gain an insight on a day in the life of a member of Carmarthenshire County Council’s executive board.
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