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Leicester City Council Childrens Social Care and Early Help Assuring Quality of Practice Quarterly Reports to Lead Member, Executive and Scrutiny Commission Q1 and Q2 April to September 2019 Evaluating our impact Through: Quality of
Period: April to September 2019
Ofsted: Children’s Services
Overall Judgement Children who need help and protection Children looked after and achieving Permanence Adoption Performance Experiences and progress
Leadership, Management and Governance
HMIP: Youth Justice Services
Ofsted: Children’s Homes
Home 1: BH Home 2: NR Home 3: WL Home 4: TR Home 5: DA
Governance and Leadership
Staff empowered to deliver high quality personalised services
Partnership and Services Information and Facilities Court Disposals – Assessment Court Disposals - Planning Court Disposals – Implementation and review Court Disposals – Reviewing Out of Court- Disposals - Assessment Out of Court- Planning Out of Court- Implementation and Delivery Out of Court- Joint Working Outstanding Good
Requires Improvement
Inadequate
Period: April to September 2019
The experiences and progress of children who need help and protection
Spotlight Stats (last 6 months) Q Contacts in previous 6 months 7514
Early Help Assessments/Targeted Support
4549 Referrals to Children’s Services 1235 Children being re-referred 101 Single assessments 1382
Early Help
additional needs are identified – 4549 Early help/targeted assessments.
regularly with evidence of positive relationships between the practitioners and families, good management oversight and effective supervision.
Children’s Social Care
identified within interventions with children
The experiences and progress of children who need help and protection
plans has fallen again – On-going rigorous review of risks – Increased focus on strengths-based practice – One of the lowest rates in East Midlands
91% of conferences had information to help understand “What life is like for the child / YP”
enabled to participate in meetings
showed good and outstanding practice
focus on the child is not consistently evidenced within recording
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Children in Care Comparison in the East Midlands region
children in care (LAC) compared to Q1 2018-19
fall, with Leicester reducing by 24 children
sibling groups apparent
Q1 2018-19 Q1 2019-20 Change Derby 521 565 +44 Derbyshire 742 825 +83 Leicester 687 663
Leicestershire 577 599 +22 Lincolnshire 638 627
Northamptonshire 1078 1128 +50 Nottingham 623 618
Nottinghamshire 841 866 +25 Rutland 29 41 +12
Period: April to September 2019
The experiences and progress of children in care and care leavers
reducing but still high with high numbers
– Lowest rate of the Cities in East Midlands
Period: April to September 2019
held in timescales with IRO
times in between the meetings
are settled and work continues to ensure more consistently aspirational care plans are in place
reviews held
16% 32% 52%
RAG rate - LAC reviews
Red Amber Green
The experiences and progress of children in care and care leavers
within Fostering & 16 + Team highlight appropriate family contact, good quality engagement of family and professionals
appropriate placements with effective care plans promoting their physical, health, educational and emotional development
their PAs (99%) with both their feedback and Pathway Plans reflecting increasingly aspirational views and actions
Period: April to September 2019
homes
timescales)
have provided valuable consultations on young people’s access to drugs and alcohol services. Their views will be crucial in the future commissioning arrangements
Impact of Leadership on social work practice: Workforce Profile and Activity
approach to practitioners’ supervisions
the delivery of Signs of Safety events
Period: April to September 2019
implementation continues
– 98% Tier 4 &5 (SMs and TMs) are permanent
Leicester City led on Festival of Practice held mid September, with 71% of all 1364 attendees across LLR employed within Leicester. Practitioners engaged in range of discussion, workshops and learning delivered by experts by experience, internal and external trainers and facilitators supporting improved quality of practice and boosting staff morale Key speakers included Isabelle Trowler, Chief Social Worker for England (Children & Families); Julia Scott, Chief Executive at the Royal College of Occupational Therapist; Mark Trewin, Mental health Social Work Lead at Dept.
Period: April to September 2019
Period: April to September 2019
Contact made to Childrens Social Care/ Early Help Risk and needs of child are assessed: Single Assessment Child becomes Child in Care
(aka LAC/CLA)
If child is considered at immediate risk: S47 enquiry taken & Single Assessment Child is assessed as Child in Need of help & Protection. Child Protection Conference is held for child Child is assessed as Child in Need of help A plan is put in place to protect child and seek permanence Child in need (CIN) Plan
Care (LAC/CLA) Plan
Child protection (CP) Plan Level of help and protection needs mean child remains in Care
Level of help and protection has reduced enough to step down from a Child protection
remains at home Joint work with Early Help/Commissioned Services Permanence for child is either: Return home to parents
Adoption
Lives with special guardian (SGO)
Leaves care having reached age for independence Child/Family supported by Early Help Targeted /Edge of Care services to prevent coming into care
Duration depends on Statutory and individual timelines Courts & CAFCASS PLO
Referral
Collaborative Audits
Practice Observations Feedback From families Parents/carers Children & young people Learning Reviews Capturing Good practice QA of Existing Processes and pathways Management Oversight and Team Development Group Supervision Quality Checks
Providers and their Provision