Every aspect of children’s services and the communities they serve has been affected by Covid-19, which has heightened stark disparities between disadvantaged children and young people, and their peers.

This presentation will provide a local authority perspective on current challenges and solutions.
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    Matt Dunkley CBE
    Corporate Director - Children, Young People and Education, Kent County Council
    Matt has 35 years experience in Education and Children’s Services having previously held a variety of senior positions in Inner London, Sussex, Norfolk and overseas.

    Matt is a past President of Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) and was the Director of Children's Services (DCS) at East Sussex County Council for 8 years.

    He has lived and worked in the United States of America and Australia and was an Interim DCS with Norfolk County Council for 9 months, where he led the service out of Ofsted intervention.

    Matt is currently the Corporate Director for Children, Young People and Education at Kent County Council. He took this role up at the end of November 2017.

    He was made CBE in 2014 for services to Children and Families.