Drawn from the findings of visits to five organisations delivering "outstanding" practice leadership in children's services, the commentary captures the key attributes that excellent leaders working throughout their organisations possess (see analysis). These are, namely: understanding and recognising good practice; passion to improve outcomes for children and courage to stand up for services; a commitment to developing the workforce; creating a learning culture; and building these elements into the organisation's structure.
Many of these qualities are demonstrated in the eight local authorities delivering the Department for Education's Partners in Practice programme to transform children's social care (see feature).
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