Position Statements & Protocols
ADCS Position Statement on Adoption
December 2011
ADCS Response to Munro Review of Child Protection - final report
July 2011
ADCS response to the Education Bill
February 2011
ADCS response to Ofsted Social Worker and 3rd Sector surveys
December 2010
Family Justice Review - ADCS written evidence
Following on from informal evidence given to the Family Justice Review on 21 September 2010, ADCS has produced a paper which has been submitted to the review for consideration.
October 2010
ADCS Cafcass Joint Protocols
ADCS and Cafcass have issued three joint protocols covering the following areas (revised August 2010):
- Agreed procedures on working together where appropriate, sharing good practice and identifying ways to improve the service and support provided to children in the family courts
- Agreed procedures for the discharge of care orders, therefore promoting the proactive consideration of the young people’s future and supporting all professionals involved in applications for the discharge of care orders
- Allocating responsibilites for court reporting in private law Children Act ’89 proceedings
August 2010
Joint LGA ADCS React briefing on 16-19
Briefing on changes to the funding arrangements for 16 – 19 education announced by Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Education on 19 July 2010.
ADCS President's letter to Secretary of State
ADCS President, Marion Davis has written a second letter to the Secretary of State for Education containing some specific suggestions and proposals with regard to the emerging DfE agenda.
Key Policy Priorities for ADCS and the New Government
ADCS President, Marion Davis has written to the Secretary of State and other DfE Ministers outling the key policy priorities for ADCS and the new government.
ADCS Safeguarding Analysis 2010
ADCS commissioned Carole Brooks to undertake a national data collection and analysis project to evaluate the impact of the effects of increased child protection and safeguarding activities.
Data analysis Executive Summary
April 2010
Family intervention strategies and FIPs
Letter from ADCS President to the Secretary of State - early messages
March 2010
Joint ADCS ADASS position on Social Work Task Force recommendations
ADCS and ADASS strongly welcome the Task Force’s report and believe that it provides a solid foundation for building a coherent and sustainable profession, operating in a framework that recognises the challenges and complexity of social work and provides the support required to meet those challenges. We believe that there are some key principles that should shape the responses from central government, employers and the sector as a whole, in order to ensure the reform programme meets the expectations of all involved in driving improvements.
December 2009
Working Together to Support Young Carers
This is a model text for a local joint Memorandum of Understanding between Statutory Directors. The aim is to offer a firm basis for working together and working in partnership with health and third sector partners. The final local text may be varied to reflect local circumstances. Additional areas may be included where this is considered appropriate.
December 2009
ADCS Position paper on inspections
ADCS Position paper on inspections
Our objectives in publishing this position paper are: to bring together in one place the views variously expressed by ADCS members on inspection matters; To identify what we believe to be the very serious problems with the current Ofsted inspection model as part of the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA); to acknowledge what is good in the new inspection frameworks, including the inspection of schools although the principal focus of this paper is not on the school inspection framework, and the recent initiatives on the part of Ofsted designed to address concerns raised by ADCS and others; and to state clearly the Association’s position on the retention of a single inspectorate regulating and inspecting the delivery of services for children and young people in England including the integration of the inspection of children’s health services into the same single inspectorate.
November 2009
ADCS protocol for local children's services authorities on restrictive physical interventions in schools, residential and other care settings for children and young people
The purpose of this protocol is to offer guidance to local authorities on the use of Restrictive Physical Interventions (RPI) in schools, residential and other care settings for children and young people. The document also includes an example of a restraint recording form
February 2009
LGA, AoC and ADCS Protocol
The Protocol makes ten suggestions for building a new and impoved relationship between local government and colleges. It is an expression of the shared commitment between LGA, AoC and ADCS to working together nationally to promote young people's outcomes.
November 2008