Thirty-five DCSs now oversee services for adults, compared with 14 this time last year. Thirteen of the 35 are known as directors of "people" in their local authority.
The findings support the Association of Directors of Children's Services' (ADCS) recent assertion that the standard solution of having a DCS whose primary concern is children's services as defined in the Children Act 2004 "can no longer be taken for granted", particularly as councils restructure their management to make savings.
The results represent the most definitive analysis yet on the role's changing nature, since they are based on information contained in the Little Blue Book, the annual directory of DCS contact details, produced each summer by CYP Now in partnership with the ADCS since 2008.
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