Stability of workforce at Herefordshire improves
Senior leaders at Herefordshire Council have improved the overall stability of the social care workforce, from a very low base, Ofsted has said.
The focused visit looked at the local authority’s arrangements for receiving referrals about children who may be in need or at risk of significant harm, children transferring to and from early help [...]
Kent improves front door service
Kent Council children's services has improved the efficiency and effectiveness of the front door service, according to Ofsted.
Ofsted last inspected Kent county council children’s services in 2017, giving an overall judgement of good, with the response to children who need help and protection graded as requiring improvement to be good.
A focused inspection which reviewed [...]
Ofsted finds limited progress at Sunderland
Progress in improving services at Sunderland has been limited, Ofsted has said.
Due to a technical fault, the electronic case recording system was unavailable on the second day of the first monitoring visit since the local authority was judged inadequate for overall effectiveness for a second time in July 2018. This resulted in the inspectors [...]
Ofsted praises Merton MASH
Social workers at the London Borough of Merton are supported and supervised effectively by experienced managers, Ofsted has reported.
A focused visit which considered the local authority’s arrangements for children who need help and protection, in accordance with the Inspection of Local Authority Children’s Services framework, found that work within the MASH remains a strong area [...]
Too many children experience delays in Gloucestershire
Too many children referred to Gloucestershire children’s services experience delays in being seen by social workers, Ofsted has said.
Although the local authority has made improvements in the timeliness of responses to children in need of help or protection, the quality and consistency of practice is not yet good enough, the monitoring visit of Gloucestersire children's [...]
Coalition urges government to close Medway Secure Training Centre
The government has been urged to close Medway Secure Training Centre by a coalition of organisations following an Ofsted inspection which found that children are being unlawfully restrained there.
The group including Article 39, Inquest, CoramBAAF, Children England and Nagalro alongside leading social work academics including Professor Ray Jones and Liz Davies sent a joint open [...]
