The pressures facing children's services departments vary. In some councils, increases in referrals to social care are putting acute strain on the system. In others, a lack of primary school places is the prime concern.
But across the board, the single biggest challenge for sector leaders is the need to sustain cost-effective children's services with ever decreasing resources.
With this in mind, the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services (C4EO), the Department for Education and the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) are working together to help local authorities squeeze the greatest value out of every penny.
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