‘You can’t reform a children’s social care system based on quicksand’

John Pearce’s year as Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) promises to be an eventful one.
The Durham director formally assumed the role today at a presidential reception alongside his fellow children’s services leaders.
Clapping him in was outgoing president Steve Crocker, who is also retiring from his post as DCS at Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Crocker’s year at the helm was dominated by proposals to overhaul children’s social care – fr