President

David Jones is President of the International Federation of Social Workers (2006-2010) and involved in national and international social work professional networks. He qualified as a social worker in 1974 and started his career in local authority generic social work, soon specialising in child protection. He worked for 8 years in an NSPCC Special Unit in Nottingham jointly financed by the county council, health authority and police. After a year in a national policy role in the NSPCC, he was appointed General Secretary and Chief Executive of the British Association of Social Workers in 1985, serving for most of that period as a Member of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work.

David moved in 1994 to be CCETSW Director of Operations and lead officer for England. He was closely involved in setting up the Training Organisation for the Personal Social Services (TOPSS) and in preparing the handover of CCETSW functions to the General Social Care Council (GSCC). David was seconded in 1999 to the Audit Commission/Social Services Inspectorate Joint Review Team to undertake a study of human resource management in social services in England and Wales, published by AC/SSI as 'People Need People'. He then joined the team as a Joint Reviewer of local authority social services for 3 years, reviewing around 25 local councils.

David was seconded in 2004 to the Children and Young People's Unit to work on performance management in children's services and continued as an Adviser on Every Child Matters in the Department for Education and Skills. In 2006 he moved to the Department of Health for 4 months to support the Director of Social Care. He returned to inspection in August 2006, working with CSCI on Joint Area Reviews of children’s services and transferring to new Ofsted in 2007.

David N Jones was appointed Deputy Director (Children) in the new Ofsted, taking up post on 1 February 2009. He has responsibilities for the inspection and regulation of social care for children and families in England.

David has completed a PhD at Warwick University on the experience of Joint Reviews and has published numerous articles and books on child abuse, social work and management.

David N Jones
12 March 2009