Speaking after her appointment, Wills said she had “heard the frustration” among councillors and the public, and promised change was coming under her direction.
She said the council was in the process of recruiting a permanent leadership team for children’s services.
A government commissioner published a critical review of Tameside’s children’s services department in September.
The local Labour Party came under attack for behaving like “rats in the sack” after the assessment of council children’s services at the meeting by local Conservative leader Doreen Dickinson.
She said there were “resignations coming in fast and furious, no thought then of who is looking after these children, all hoping to save their own skin and political careers within the Labour Party”.
Meanwhile Oldham Council has agreed plans for their chief executive Harry Catherall to step in on a “timeshare” basis at Tameside Council.
It would see Catherall employed by Tameside for four days a week and maintaining his role for one day a week in Oldham.
Some Oldham councillors raised concerns about the impact on stability , with councillor David Arnott likening the move to if “Pep Guardiola managed Manchester City one day a week and for the other four managed Manchester United”.
But Oldham Council leader Arooj Shah said it was “about a good, stable council being asked to support one of its neighbours in crisis”.
