Tough times require strong, competent and confident leaders. Now more than ever, directors of children’s services (DCSs) need the training and professional development to help them bring excellence to the whole sector, while around them services undergo structural change and struggle with stretched resources.
Training programmes for senior management roles are being adapted to help directors meet these new challenges.
In terms of provision, the leadership programme for DCSs and those who aspire to the role has been run by the National College for School Leadership since 2009. But it has now been taken over by the Children’s Improvement Board, a sector-led group of agencies with a principal interest in children’s services that reports directly to the Department for Education.
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