Having made some small contribution to your feature on the challenges involved in recruiting and retaining directors of children's services, I turned to read it with some anticipation. It was a well-researched and well-written article – and under most circumstances, I would have been happy to write and say just that.
But this letter is borne out of my need to disassociate myself from the view given by a former DCS [Sharon Shoesmith] that one should not consider the role until age 55, for a maximum of three years and only on the basis of a deal that allows one to exit the role in the case of a child death with one's pension. I was gobsmacked by that level of bitter cynicism.
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