Charlotte Ramsden, the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) president in 2021/22, is under no illusions as to the extent of the “immense” challenges she and children’s services face over the coming 12 months.
Aside from the continuing challenges of Covid-19, there is the impact of rising child poverty, youth unemployment and increasingly stretched council budgets she and the association’s members will need to grapple with.
In terms of priorities, Ramsden picks out investment in early help, the plight of young people with a range of vulnerabilities and boosting education alongside responding to key reviews into children’s social care, special educational needs and disabilities, and the funding of public services over the next three years (see below).
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