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FINANCE
Children's services face £824m budget gap
By Martin Ford | 24 February 2021
The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has said the amount was required just ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Filling in the gaps
By Ann McGauran | 26 January 2021
The Government has launched an independent inquiry into children’s social care in England, amid c...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Don't forget our youth workers
By Jenny Coles | 20 January 2021
Government needs to put as much focus on resourcing the children and young people’s workforce as ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
ADCS issues warning of family crisis to come
By Heather Jameson | 04 December 2020
The Government need to provide a long-term financial settlement for to tackle rising demand for c...
FINANCE
Investing in our future
By Jenny Coles | 25 November 2020
Jenny Coles is president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services Jenny Coles expla...
SOCIAL CARE
Care staff concerns as demand set to peak
By Martin Ford | 18 November 2020
Concerns have been voiced about staffing levels in children’s services as the COVID-19 second wav...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Spinning plates to improve lives
By Ann McGauran | 11 November 2020
Ann McGauran talks to Charlotte Ramsden about the part she’s played in developing a new vision an...
ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF CHILDRENS SERVICES
COVID-19 pressures 'yet to emerge'
By Martin Ford | 09 November 2020
The consequences of the pandemic for the sector may only become apparent in the years to come, th...
SOCIAL CARE
We have proved that councils are the place for social care - ADASS
By Ann McGauran | 06 November 2020
The ‘joining up’ work done by local government during the pandemic has made it clear to Governmen...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Pulling children out of poverty
By Jenny Coles | 06 October 2020
Poverty is not inevitable or ‘someone else’s problem’. President of the ADCS Jenny Coles looks at...
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