Children’s services overspend by £600m
Local authorities overspent by more than £600 million in 2015-16, analysis by the Local Government Association has revealed.
Children’s social care budgets went over by £605 million in order to protect children at immediate risk of harm, the LGA warns.
More than 170,000 children were subject to child protection enquiries in 2015/16, compared to 71,800 in 2005/06 [...]
Special Report: Child protection services are “unsatisfactory and inconsistent”
National Audit Office slams poor progress made in child protection since Professor Munro’s report
The quality of child protection services nationally is unsatisfactory and inconsistent, the National Audit office has warned.
Department for Education initiatives to improve child protection services since the government recognised that worm was needed have not yet come to fruition, the public [...]
ADCS and LGA says mandatory reporting will not improve outcomes
Mandatory reporting systems in social work will neither provide greater protection for children and young people nor lead to better outcomes.
This is the stark warning from the Association of Directors of Children’s Services and the Local Government Association in a joint statement opposing the introduction of mandatory reporting or a duty to act.
The government [...]
