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Presentation to Primary Headteachers in Mid Essex Nicky O’Shaughnessy Director of Local Delivery - Mid 19th June 2012 Progress – Big Picture April 2011 Now Reduction All open cases 8673 7036 1637 Subject of Children Protection Plan 1162 683 479 Children in Care 1611 1448 163 All open cases are allocated 2 Progress – Mid Quadrant April 2011 Now Reduction All open cases 2103 1694 409 Subject of Children Protection Plan 254 169 85 Children in Care 353 318 35 All open cases are allocated 3 Staffing Staffing – Big Picture 85% permanent staff Staffing Compliment - Mid Quadrant 1 DLD 3 Service Managers 16 Team Managers 43 Senior Practitioners 73 Social Workers 42 FCW’s, SSW’s, PA’s, PW’s, Family Centre Workers, Outreach Workers, Targeted Youth Advisor 178 Total Vacancies - Mid Quadrant 2 Senior Practitioners 8 Qualified Social Workers - 11% vacancy rate 4 Areas For Us To Focus On • • • • • • • • • • 5 Continued recruitment of good quality, permanent staff Raising the quality of social work practice Continuing to develop and build effective partnerships Children at the centre of what we do Privileging direct work – effective intervention which promotes family resilience, understanding strengths and dangers Continued improvements in timeliness and quality of assessments More of our children in care in local family placements Continue to develop and improve partnerships We are working with the right children and families Inspection ready General Updates • • • • • • • • 6 Ofsted inspection of the Adoption Service Mainstream children’s homes 736 children in fostering placements in Essex 144 children in kinship placements in Essex Divisional Based Intervention Teams Links with LDG’s Working Together Munro Review – progress report Ofsted Inspection Framework • Safeguarding and Looked After Children Framework ceases in July 2012 • New inspection regime starts in April 2013 – multi agency inspections • Unannounced • Child Protection and Children in Care separate 7 Child Protection Inspection • Overall effectiveness including areas for development • The effectiveness of the help and protection provided to children, young people and their families and carers • Quality of practice • Leadership and governance 8 Children in Care Inspection • Currently being developed • Considering a broader inspection incorporating Fostering services Adoption services Single integrated Children in Care Inspection • Starts April 2013 9 Contact Details Nicky O'Shaughnessy Director of Local Delivery Mid E2, County Hall Tel: 01245 434816 Email: nicky.o’[email protected]