The snapshot survey, which attracted responses from 25 directors of children's services, sets out for the first time the full scale of the cuts facing children's services departments across the country.
The results show that for 2011/12, cuts in individual councils range from six per cent in the least affected authorities, to 25 per cent in the worst hit.
The results provide the firmest indication yet that cuts are being heavily frontloaded - given that the cash councils receive from central government is being reduced by 28 per cent over the next four years.
All respondents predicted job losses in the financial year ahead, with a total of at least 3,624 redundancies predicted by the 21 directors of children's services who gave details on how the cuts will affect jobs in their departments.
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