Pace of improvement at Bradford is not swift enough
The interim strategic director at Bradford has brought much-needed skills and experience to the local authority which has assisted in improving services since the last inspection, Ofsted has said.
Inspectors saw some positive improvements in assessment quality and in the immediate response to child protection concerns, but also several areas in which insufficient progress has been [...]
Decline in effectiveness at Stockton-on-Tees
There has been a decline in the overall effectiveness of children’s social care services in Stockton-on-Tees since the last inspection in 2016, Ofsted has warned.
While some services are strong, there has been insufficient management oversight and grip across the full range of services, and this is leading to unnecessary delay for some children in their [...]
Barnet turns around services from inadequate to good
Services for children in Barnet are good, and much improved from the services that were found to be inadequate in 2017, according to Ofsted.
Leaders and managers have made purposeful progress, at pace, to establish a child-focused service that is delivering good outcomes, the inspection report said. The executive director and his team, together with strong [...]
Social Work England will regulate social workers from December
There will be a new regulator of the social work profession from December 2019 it has emerged.
Speaking at the National Association of Directors of Children’s Services conference, the Minister for Children and Families, Nadhim Zahawi announced that Social Work England will replace the Health and Care Professions Council as the regulator of the social work [...]
Ofsted: Children's social care is improving
Children's social care in England is improving overall, according to Ofsted.
The proportion of local authorities judged to be good or outstanding for overall effectiveness increased to 46% at 31 March 2019. After each authority's first Single
Inspection Framework (SIF) inspection it was 36%.
Furthermore, the proportion judged inadequate has dropped from 22% after each local authority's [...]
Surrey transforms front door services
An "ambitious service remodelling" including a total reconfiguration of the ‘front door’, has been introduced at Surrey,Ofsted has said.
New arrangements had been fully operational for only five weeks at the time of the monitoring visit following the the implementation of a new practice model, called ‘family resilience’, underpinning a widescale planned redesign and restructure of [...]
