Having just celebrated my sixth anniversary as Manchester’s director of children’s services (DCS) (do I qualify as ‘experienced’?) and still able to vividly recall my first days, I stole a moment of reflection with Deborah Woodcock, DCS in Cheshire East… We asked ourselves ‘at what point do you stop being an imposter?’ This blog is somewhat co produced as a result:
Well, where to start. I’m Deborah and I’m a new DCS…not new-new, but new-ish, if that’s what seven months is…long enough to know what I don’t know, but not to know it all…if indeed I ever will or should.
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