Steve Crocker, who is director of children’s services for Hampshire and Isle of Wight, told delegates at the association’s annual conference that “the way the system is currently designed does not work for children in acute distress”.
Crocker reiterated calls for a national review which he first made in his inaugural presidential address in April.
He told the ADCS conference today (7 July) that directors of children’s services are responsible for all children in their area and it is those children who “almost always point to mental health and wellbeing as their biggest priority, so I am duty bound to raise it on their behalf.”
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