CYP Now - ADCS annual conference: Child protection and safeguarding key to tackling gangs

Children's services leaders are calling on the government to deliver a coordinated and sustainably funded knife crime strategy, which puts child protection and safeguarding at the top of the agenda.

The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) ADCS is responding to a sharp rise in knife related incidents which has left increasing numbers of young people injured or fatally stabbed.

A discussion paper, published at the ADCS's annual conference, sets out the need for a strategy which focuses on prevention and a long-term commitment to cultural change.

The ADCS said in a statement: "A reaffirmation from government of the importance of treating this first and foremost as a child protection and safeguarding concern would be helpful as would a reassertion of the role of the director of children's services as a systems leader."

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