The call forms one of a number of “quick actions” for the next government to feature in three policy position papers published by the organisation on leadership, education and early years.
The ADCS says that current national policy and funding approaches “do not support investment in creative ways in early intervention”.
It points to children’s services spending nationally being skewed towards late, or later, intervention and reactive services.
“ADCS urges the government, the Early Intervention Foundation and others to work with the sector to establish realistic business cases for investment of public money in early years and in older-age early intervention,” the paper states.
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