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The simple things that matter...
The varying number of national and regional initiatives, pathfinders and pilots emerging out of the government’s plan to reform the...
Read MoreAmplifying Voices
I write this travelling home from London, having spent the day at the National Panel Reimagining Child Protection conference. It was a...
Read More"Data are just summaries of...
Long before I became a Director of Children’s Services, in the annals of history, I studied for a degree in Combined Sciences. In that...
Read MoreThe importance of permanence and...
As we near the end of Foster Care Fortnight I have been reflecting on both the importance of foster carers across the country and also the...
Read MorePlease don’t normalise delay
For my first blog as the chair of the FCYP Policy Committee, I wanted to step back from the long running national debates about reforms to the...
Read MoreNational, regional, local
I am an advocate of collaborative working in general and a strong supporter of regional working in children’s services in particular. I...
Read MoreTime to tackle child poverty
One of my main priorities as ADCS President is to put a larger spotlight on the dangerous levels of poverty we see in our society and the direct...
Read MoreThe year ahead
This is my first blog since becoming ADCS Vice President and so I wanted to start by acknowledging the inspirational leadership the immediate...
Read MoreDon't forget our partners
Like many of us I have been thinking over the last few weeks about our collective and individual responses to the Department for Education...
Read MoreA job like no other
I will be retiring in the summer (I’ve always tried to follow Steve Crocker’s example!) and will be stepping down as Chair of the Greater...
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