ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF CHILDRENS SERVICES

EXCLUSIVE: Questions over child age assessments

By Martin Ford | 25 August 2023

Council directors have raised doubts over Government plans to take over age assessments of unacco...

WHITEHALL

Pearce renews prevention call amid CAMHS spiral

By Ann McGauran | 14 August 2023

England’s top director of children’s services has called for a greater focus on prevention amid s...

WHITEHALL

Home Office hotel use for lone child asylum seekers 'unlawful'

By Dan Peters | 28 July 2023

The High Court has found the Home Office’s use of hotels to house lone child asylum seekers to be...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Exploitation warning after Illegal Migration Bill becomes law

By Dan Peters | 20 July 2023

Unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) could be in danger of being exploited after the Ille...

ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF CHILDRENS SERVICES

'Not acceptable' to treat age disputed young people as spontaneous arrivals

06 July 2023

It is ‘simply not acceptable’ that age disputed young people from asylum hotels are treated as sp...

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INTEGRATION

ADCS head calls for local funding model for children's mental health

By Ann McGauran | 05 July 2023

The head of England’s children’s services chiefs has called for a new place-based funding model f...

SOCIAL CARE

We need creative solutions for all our children

By Ann McGauran | 04 July 2023

Ann McGauran sets the scene ahead of this week’s Association of Directors of Children’s Services ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

We need a national placements strategy

By John Pearce | 19 June 2023

Councils are using non-secure provisions supported by a deprivation of liberty order as necessary...

SCRUTINY

Standing up for the vulnerable

By Ann McGauran | 25 April 2023

The Association of Directors of Children’s Services’ new president John Pearce speaks to Ann McGa...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

New ADCS chief calls for cross-government children's plan

18 April 2023

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has reiterated hi...

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Director of Strategic Transport and Connectivity

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This is an exceptional opportunity for a talented leader to shape the future of transport and connectivity right at the heart of London. Apply for this job

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As one of the largest employers in Sheffield, with over 7,000 employees Apply for this job

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