Sharon Muldoon, who took over as DCS 12 months ago, has announced that she will leave on 1 September for personal reasons.
During her tenure, she was focused on transforming the department by modernising education and children’s services and addressing issues raised by Ofsted, which rated the department as "requires improvement to be good" in 2018. A focused visit in December 2022 highlighted concerns around safeguarding practice.
Muldoon said the decision to step down was “really tough”, but added she is proud of what the department had achieved over the year.
“Over the past 12 months we have stabilised the number of children and young people who enter care, we have reduced the number of children in unregistered placements, we have secured millions of pounds to open new family hubs, and we now have early help teams operating in localities across the city to provide more effective family support sooner,” she said.
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