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Thinking about the time we have ahead of us as a sector, I have been reflecting on what it means for the kind of leadership that will be required and what kind of leader I will need to be as we move forward?
Kathryn Boulton is corporate director of children and families for Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Picture: Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Kathryn Boulton is corporate director of children and families for Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Picture: Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

As both Matt Dunkley‘s final blog the week before last, and Steve Crocker‘s recent email reference, there is a lot going on and lots to do and ‘we stand at a critical juncture in the future of children’s services.’ 

Alongside the Schools White Paper and SEND and AP Green Paper, we now have the Independent Review of Children's Social Care’s final report published, shortly followed by the National Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel‘s report into the tragic deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson. There has also been the Competition and Markets Authority’s report. As has been said, ‘these reviews and the government’s response to them will define our policy landscape for the next five years.’

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