Racial diversity remains low among children’s directors, reveals ADCS data

Racial diversity among directors of children’s services remains low, compared with the populations they serve and the workforces they lead, a survey has revealed.
Just 6% of DCSs were black or from a non-white ethnic minority as of 31 March 2023, compared with 18% of the population of England and Wales in the 2021 census and 24% of statutory children’s social workers in England, as of September 2022. 
The figure was released last week by the Association of Directors of Chil