Quality of child protection work is too inconsistent in Derbyshire, warns Ofsted
Senior leaders have an accurate view of the quality of child protection services for children in Derbyshire, a focused visit of the authority has found.
Leaders are committed to investing in the right conditions for good social work to flourish, although these are not consistently in place across the local authority.
“Appropriate plans are underway to provide [...]
Significant weaknesses at Wakefield uncovered by Ofsted
Some children is Wakefield children’s services are not being appropriately safeguarded or having their needs met, Ofsted has warned.
There are significant weaknesses in the quality of children’s services in Wakefield, the focused visit to the authority found. There are delays in allocating cases, visiting children and their families, carrying out assessments and in taking the [...]
Solihull has improved practice for care leavers and UASC
Ofsted inspectors have found that Solihull children’s services have continued improvement in services for young people leaving care and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children since the last inspection.
A focused visit by the inspectorate which concentrated on services for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and children leaving care found that Solihull had an informed overview of its performance and practice.
“Senior [...]
Stocktake recommendations could ‘weaken protection of children’
Several of the fostering stocktake’s recommendations risk weakening the protection of vulnerable children, a coalition of children’s organisations and experts has warned.
The fostering stocktake published last month by Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers made 36 recommendations for the future of fostering including establishing a national register to better match foster children and prospective [...]
Ofsted: Progress at Torbay is too slow
The progress at Torbay children’s services remains too slow, Ofsted has warned.
In its fifth monitoring visit since it was rated inadequate in January 2016, Ofsted inspectors said that the quality of service that some children looked after receive has declined since the local authority was inspected in October 2015.
“Children who are subject to the public [...]
Rochdale ‘requires improvement to be good’
Ofsted has stated that children’s services at Rochdale require improvement to be good.
In an inspection of the Rochdale children’s services, Ofsted found that while improvements had been made in response to the previous inspection, the quality of practice that children and families experience “remains inconsistent and the overall effectiveness of children’s social care is not [...]
