Increased number of children at risk of exploitation identified at Bury
An increased number of children at risk of child sexual exploitation in Bury have been identified by children's services and provided with help and support, Ofsted has said.
In a focused visit of Bury children's services, inspectors looked at the local authority’s arrangements for providing help and protection for vulnerable adolescents. Inspectors considered the response [...]
Children growing up in shipping containers
There were 92,000 children living in sofa-surfing families in 2016-17, according to a report by the children's commissioner for England.
Official statistics show 124,000 children in England living in temporary accommodation, but Anne Longfield warns that this does not include the hidden homeless who are ‘sofa-surfing’, often in very cramped conditions.
As a result of [...]
Special report: Ofsted; the careers of local authority child and family social workers
Social workers in a local authority with a ‘requires improvement’ Ofsted rating are more likely to experience stress, high workloads and fulfill too many roles, a study has found.
The longitudinal study of local authority child and family social workers found that social workers in a local authority with a ‘requires improvement’ rating were the [...]
Child criminal exploitation not thoroughly understood in Northumberland, says JTAI
Child criminal exploitation is not comprehensively understood by practitioners in all agencies across the safeguarding partnership in Northumberland, a joint targeted area inspection has found.
Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission, HMI Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services and HMI Probation carried out a joint inspection of the multi-agency response to children experiencing or at risk [...]
Warrington rated good by Ofsted
Leaders at Warrington ensure that children and their families receive good quality services that help to protect children and improve their day-to-day experiences of family life, Ofsted has said.
The operational director for children’s social care, who also holds the role of deputy director of children’s services, is highly focused on ensuring that frontline staff [...]
Lewisham requires improvement
Services for children in Lewisham continue to require improvement overall, according to Ofsted.
The inspection of children's services at Lewisham found services for children in care have deteriorated since the previous inspection in 2015, when they were judged to be good.
"Internal and external evaluations of children’s services in 2018 have resulted in widespread and [...]
