Membership

Ordinary membership of the Association is open to statutory directors of children's services, senior managers who report directly to a statutory director of children's services ('second tier managers'), and senior managers who report directly to second tier managers ('third tier managers').

Associate membership of the Association is open to children's services professionals who do not meet the criteria for ordinary membership but who are of equivalent seniority within their organisations, or who have held a post of equivalent seniority within a local authority in the past.

Membership fees of the Association are set annually. The cost of ordinary membership for statutory directors of children's services is included in the local authority contribution* to the Association. The costs of ordinary membership for second and third tier managers is contingent upon payment of the local authority contribution to the Association and is significantly higher for eligible senior managers who work in local authorities that do not make the local authority contribution to the Association. The cost of associate membership is set annually and is calculated at a flat rate.

*For further information about the local authority contribution and the cost of ordinary and associate membership, please contact a member of ADCS staff

Membership Application Pack

To request a pack please send us an email detailing your name, authority/employer, address, email address, telephone number and line management details in accordance with the criteria set out in the descriptions of Ordinary and Associate membership (above).

Further information:

The Benefits of Membership
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