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Consortium wins £3m tender to run government DCS programme

1 min read Children's Services
A consortium of children’s social care and professional development organisations has been awarded a three-year government grant to train the next generation of directors of children’s services and support newly appointed leaders.
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The Staff College submitted a successful bid to the Department for Education’s Future Leaders Programme for Directors of Children’s Services as part of the The Children’s Services Leadership Consortium with other key groups including the Institute for Public Care, Gatenby Sanderson and Skills for Care.

The consortium won a £3m contract over three years, with the first year guaranteed and an option for a further two.

The grant comes after the DfE invited suppliers to design, develop and deliver a national leadership programme, attracting a diverse range of participants with strong potential to progress to DCS roles while equipping them with the core behaviours, skills and capacities necessary to do so.

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