CYP Now - Children's leaders left 'puzzled' by calls to remove DCS duty on councils

Local authority chief executives' group says the requirement for a director of children's services is stifling innovation in children's services and isolating it from the rest of local government - arguments that don't stack up, say leaders.

With debate currently raging over who should manage, commission and deliver statutory children's social care in the future, the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (Solace) picked an opportune time to set out its stall for reforming council children's services.

Its report, Reclaiming children's services, outlines the problems facing local authorities in meeting the increasing demands on children's services from rising needs and central government policy, all at a time when resources are shrinking. It identifies what councils are doing to try to cope with this perfect storm and then explains what needs to change to "reclaim children's services" from Whitehall mandarins and Westminster politicians.

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