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ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF CHILDRENS SERVICES
'The best job in the sector'
By Andy Smith | 04 June 2024
Andy Smith says it is a huge privilege to be an director of children’s services – despite the cha...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Children and childhood must get the priority they deserve
By Andy Smith | 03 May 2024
A plan for childhood should have a focus on developing the workforce, as well as a national empha...
RECRUITMENT
DCS churn nears record levels
By Martin Ford | 01 May 2024
The number of changes in directors of children’s services (DCS) postholders has reached near reco...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Telling social care's story
22 April 2024
As adult social care directors gather in Bedfordshire this week for the ADASS Spring Seminar the ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Fighting for the children
By Ann McGauran | 16 April 2024
Incoming president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, Andy Smith, talks to A...
WHITEHALL
Clark: Tories and Labour unwilling to address SEND crisis
By Paul Marinko | 15 April 2024
Labour and the Conservatives have been accused of an ‘unwillingness’ to confront the crisis in sp...
COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK
EXCLUSIVE: Demand surges for UASC age assessments
By Martin Ford | 09 April 2024
Councils are struggling to cope with demand for age assessments of unaccompanied asylum-seeking c...
BUSINESS
Association in tax havens crackdown
By Mark Conrad | 08 April 2024
Council directors have praised the Children’s Homes Association (CHA) for tightening its membersh...
ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF CHILDRENS SERVICES
Sticking plasters for a wound
By John Pearce | 20 March 2024
Short-term funding and decision-making does not solve the underlying issues surrounding children’...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Mission impassable
By Ann McGauran | 20 March 2024
After the DfE’s about-turn over its own consultation for councils to end the use of agency social...
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