Rachel Dickinson, who is executive director for people at Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, will become vice president in 2018/2019, ahead of taking over as president in April 2019.
Before joining Barnsley she spent four years at Leicester City Council as director of children's services.
Dickinson will take over the ADCS presidency from East Sussex County Council director of children's services Stuart Gallimore, who is currently vice president and takes over as president in April 2018.
Gallimore is a former director of children's services at West Sussex before joining East Sussex in April 2014.
The current president is Nottingham director of children's services Alison Michalska.
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