Dunipace is one of the first few senior leaders in the sector to mentor new DCSs as part of the National College's Mentor Plus scheme, which is designed to give new recruits the benefit of advice from their more experienced colleagues.
"I've just started. I mentor two DCSs," she explains. "They're very good and have great potential. I'm going up to see them in the next few weeks, but I also talk to them a lot and try to be helpful."
New DCSs have a choice of three potential mentors when they join up to the scheme. Dunipace explains: "It's a personal choice. Yes they want someone who has been through the challenges they've been through but you've got to get on."
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