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It is a privilege!
There has been a lot of chatter in our ADCS groups about retirement in the last few months and I have watched with ‘green eyes’ as a number...
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How do we achieve an inclusive...
As we come to the end of another academic year, I thought it was timely to focus on one of my priorities for my presidential year; to set out our...
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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...
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Amplifying Voices
I write this travelling home from London, having spent the day at the National Panel Reimagining Child Protection conference. It was a...
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"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...
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The 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...
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Please 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...
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National, 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 More Time 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...
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