Quality of social work practice continues to improve at Dudley
The majority of children are now achieving permanence through adoption in a timely way in Dudley, inspectors have found.
In the fifth monitoring visit of Dudley since the authority was judged to be inadequate in April 2016, Ofsted said however that despite the improvements noted, a small number of children in Dudley are not yet [...]
Significant unallocated children in need cases highlighted in Reading Council
Ofsted has raised concerns that Reading Council children’s services has made little progress in improving the standard of statutory social work with children and their families.
In its fifth monitoring visit since the authority was rated inadequate by Ofsted in June 2016, inspectors said little progress had been made when there are serious concerns that [...]
‘Front door’ procedures improved in Northumberland, says Ofsted
Senior managers have taken a systematic and incremental approach to improving its ‘front-door’ procedures in Northumberland, Ofsted has warned.
Inspectors looked at the local authority’s arrangements for the ‘front-door’ service that receives both single and multi-agency contacts and referrals during its focused inspection of Northumberland.
“The current leadership team has improved the effectiveness of the local [...]
Mandatory reporting of child abuse shelved
The government has abandoned plans to introduce mandatory reporting of child abuse for social workers and other children’s professionals.
Following a consultation on whether to introduce mandatory reporting or a ‘duty to act’, the government has shelved plans saying the overwhelming response was that it would not be beneficial to child protection.
Chief Social Worker for [...]
Continued focus on improving social work at Newham
There has been a continued focus on improving social work practice at Newham children’s services thanks to corporate and political focus, Ofsted has said.
Leaders know their service well and this supports the development of good social work practice, said Ofsted inspectors in a focused inspection of Newham children’s services.
“In the cases considered, inspectors did [...]
A multi-disciplinary national child protection conference
A fantastic conference with a difference aimed at professionals in the children’s services sector is being held on 18 May 2018 in London.
‘Wisdom from Failure: A Kaleidoscope on Child Protection’ sets itself aside from other national child protection conferences as the speakers range from a plethora of professions and backgrounds including adult survivors, barristers, [...]
