1 Work/life balance discussions often focus on the best way for staff to cope with responsibilities for children or elderly dependents. But don't think exclusively about parents and carers.
For one thing, all members of the team have, or should have, a life outside work that is important to them and affects their efficient performance. You also risk fostering resentment among the workforce if staff with children are perceived as receiving special consideration that is not available to everybody.
2 Many staff in children's services work long hours in jobs that have no clearly defined limits and carry a good deal of responsibility. That is a recipe for stress. A solution frequently touted is the holy grail of a better work/life balance. The Government is so keen to promote it that the Department of Trade and Industry even has a web site devoted to it. See www.dti.gov.uk/work-lifebalance
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