Criminal exploitation: Risk was not addressed quickly enough.
Agencies warned: do not underestimate the risk of criminal exploitation, writes Clare Jerrom.
There is a real need for urgency in work tackling the criminal exploitation of young people, a joint inspection report has revealed.
Ofsted, Care Quality Commission (CQC), HMI Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) and HMI Probation (HMIP) carried out a joint targeted [...]
Inspectorates commend progress in tackling CSE
Joint Targeted Area Inspections conclude that progress has been made in tackling Child Sexual Exploitation since 2014.
Child Sexual Exploitation can be tackled effectively when all partner agencies take responsibility for their role, work collaboratively with each other and have a shared understanding of how to tackle the exploitation of children, a report has concluded.
Ofsted, Care [...]
National Autistic Society closes residential home following critical inspection
After CQC rates Mendip House inadequate, NAS takes decision to close the service
The National Autistic Society has apologised after the Care Quality Commission rated one of its residential homes as inadequate.
The CQC found Mendip House in Highbridge, Somerset was inadequate for being safe, effective, responsive, caring and well-led.
Debbie Ivanova, Deputy Chief Inspector of Adult Social [...]
Special Report: First Joint Targeted Area Inspection focusing on CSE
Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission, HMIC and HMIP jointly inspect South Tyneside MBC with a ‘deep-dive’ focus on Child Sexual Exploitation, writes Clare Jerrom.
Social workers in South Tyneside Council are spending too much time gathering information about children because the quality of contacts with partner agencies varies with the risks not always being identified, [...]
