Workforce stability needed at Leicester Council
Workforce stability and the recruitment of permanent social workers continue to be challenges at Leicester, Ofsted has warned.
While the council has made some progress in reducing changes in social worker for some children, such changes are still too common, which reduces children’s opportunity to build trust.
Services for children have improved significantly since the last inspection [...]
Bromley’s approach to CSE improves
The London Borough of Bromley is making substantive progress in improving services for children and young people at risk of sexual exploitation (CSE), Ofsted has said.
The inspectorate also identified some progress for those who go missing in a fourth monitoring report of the local authority’s children’s services since it was rated inadequate.
“No inadequate practice was [...]
Financial pressures result in raised thresholds for care
Financial pressures on children’s services are forcing thresholds for care to rise, the National Children’s Bureau has warned.
NCB carried out a survey in conjunction with BASW for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children which found that 70 per cent of social workers say thresholds for children’s services have risen over the last three years.
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Manageable caseloads contributes to improvements at Walsall
Smaller social work teams with manageable caseloads is making a difference to children’s services in Walsall, Ofsted has said.
Senior leaders have worked intensely to improve the quality of children’s social care services and to ensure that children receive the help and protection that they need, an inspection report said.
“There are a number of wide-ranging initiatives, [...]
Care applications rise slightly since July but down year on year
Children starting primary are not ‘school ready’
