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On 1 April I became ADCS President and I feel privileged to be able to represent...
Charlotte Ramsden responds to the OCC report on vulnerable children
Jenny Coles responds to several new government announcements from the weekend.
The Civil Society Strategy (2018) recognises that youth work can have a...
Rachel Dickinson responds to the government consultation on unregulated settings
ADCS response to the JTAI thematic report on child sexual abuse in the family...
Charlotte Ramsden responds to the OCC report on children’s mental health...
Charlotte Ramsden comments on the use of boarding school placements for children...
All behaviour is a form of communication. Children and young people may not...
Resources & Sustainability and the Standards, Performance & Inspection...
Educational Achievement Policy Committee and Health, Care & Additional Needs...
Workforce Development and the Families, Communities & Young People Policy...
On the campaign trail for the general election we’ve heard politicians talking...
Rachel Dickinson comments on the latest government statistics on children looked...
ADCS response to consultation on changes to statutory youth work guidance
Jenny Coles comments on allegations of abuse and neglect in custodial settings
Comment on the Secretary of State’s announcement on support for care...
Rachel Dickinson responds to the Education Select Committee’s SEND report
Stuart Gallimore comments on a HMI Prisons and HMI Probation report on youth...
ADCS responds to the APPG report on children missing from out of area placements
Despite us being one of the richest economies in the world, widening...
At the time of writing the new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced a...
Comment on research on direct payments for disabled children and young people...
Commenting on a Community Care survey of social workers on training and career...
Rachel Dickinson’s Presidential Address to the 2019 ADCS Annual Conference...
Rachel Dickinson, ADCS President, responds to the publication of a new UN report...
Charlotte Ramsden, Chair of the ADCS Health, Care and Additional Needs Policy...
Barely a day goes by without hearing about another senseless act of violence or...
EU Settlement Scheme - Local Authority & Health and Social Care Trust...
Comment on the safeguarding of children missing from care and out of area...
ADCS response to the Public Accounts Committee report on children’s social...
ADCS response to the national evaluation of the Troubled Families Programme...
Resources & Sustainability and the Standards, Performance & Inspection...
Educational Achievement Policy Committee and Health, Care & Additional Needs...
Workforce Development and the Families, Communities & Young People Policy...
Despite us being one of the richest economies in the world, widening...
EU Settlement Scheme - Local Authority & Health and Social Care Trust...
Update from the Standards, Performance & Inspection Policy Committee for...
The Educational Achievement and the Families, Communities & Young People...
Update of an ongoing example of region’s increasingly integrated and...
This document aims to bring together key proposals in the Conservative and...
Update and future work plans from the Educational Achievement Policy Committee
Changing the Narrative About the Care System: Views from Children and Young...
Latest update from Families, Communities & Young People and Resources &...
Update from the Educational Achievement and Standards, Performance &...
Latest update from the Families, Communities & Young People Policy Committee
Dave Hill, ADCS Vice President 2015-16, talks about the importance of ADCS...
Statutory Guidance on the Roles and Responsibilities of the Director of...
On 1 April I became ADCS President and I feel privileged to be able to represent...
Charlotte Ramsden responds to the OCC report on vulnerable children
Jenny Coles responds to several new government announcements from the weekend.
The Civil Society Strategy (2018) recognises that youth work can have a...
Rachel Dickinson responds to the government consultation on unregulated settings
ADCS response to the JTAI thematic report on child sexual abuse in the family...
Charlotte Ramsden responds to the OCC report on children’s mental health...
Charlotte Ramsden comments on the use of boarding school placements for children...
All behaviour is a form of communication. Children and young people may not...
On the campaign trail for the general election we’ve heard politicians talking...
Rachel Dickinson comments on the latest government statistics on children looked...
Jenny Coles comments on allegations of abuse and neglect in custodial settings
Comment on the Secretary of State’s announcement on support for care...
Rachel Dickinson responds to the Education Select Committee’s SEND report
Stuart Gallimore comments on a HMI Prisons and HMI Probation report on youth...
ADCS responds to the APPG report on children missing from out of area placements
Despite us being one of the richest economies in the world, widening...
At the time of writing the new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced a...
Comment on research on direct payments for disabled children and young people...
Commenting on a Community Care survey of social workers on training and career...
Rachel Dickinson, ADCS President, responds to the publication of a new UN report...
Charlotte Ramsden, Chair of the ADCS Health, Care and Additional Needs Policy...
Barely a day goes by without hearing about another senseless act of violence or...
Comment on the safeguarding of children missing from care and out of area...
ADCS response to the Public Accounts Committee report on children’s social...
ADCS response to the national evaluation of the Troubled Families Programme...
Comment on statistics on the timeliness of care proceedings in the family court
Rachael Wardell, Chair of the ADCS Workforce Development Policy Committee,...
The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) today publishes a...
ADCS President’s opening address National Children and Adult Services...
ADCS President, Alison Michalska, comments on a recent duty placed on local...
Joint statement on an agreement between ADCS and Cafcass which has now been...
ADCS comments on recent price increases for placing children and young people...
ADCS President comments on the benefits of a peer support programme for the...
Comment on outsourcing in children’s services and the recently published...
Our members are clear that independently owned children’s homes and fostering...
ADCS response to consultation on changes to statutory youth work guidance
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On the campaign trail for the general election we’ve heard politicians talking...
In an increasingly autonomous and diverse education and children’s services...
Rachel Dickinson’s Presidential Address to the 2019 ADCS Annual Conference...
Stuart Gallimore’s Presidential address at the 2018 National Children and...
Speech from Minister of State for Children and Families, Robert Goodwill.
Alison Michalska speech at A country that works for all children session
Dave Hill’s Presidential speech to the National Children and Adult Serviecs...
ADCS President, Alison O’Sullivan’s speech to the 2015 National Children...
Reason has published research governance resources, which have been endorsed by...