Agenda Reports Pack (Public) 15/10/2012, 19.00 - Meetings ...
Agenda Reports Pack (Public) 15/10/2012, 19.00 - Meetings ... Agenda Reports Pack (Public) 15/10/2012, 19.00 - Meetings ...
• Social workers present their case confidently in court,demonstrating they are experts about the child and providing indepthknowledge about the family situation.• Social workers provide a detailed outline of the timescale for thechild in their initial submission to court, with a narrative around theconsequences of not meeting the recommended timescale.• A Tri-borough Case Manager has been appointed to track andmonitor cases and provide coaching and preparation guidance to allsocial workers.• Social workers and their managers engage in post case reviewworkshops with the courts and be open to critical reflection aboutthe progress of pilot cases in reducing unnecessary delay.• The courts provide judicial continuity for cases.• The courts do not agree requests for unnecessary or repeatassessments which result in delay.Quality Assurance Pilot6.3 The FSCP service are the pilot for a new quality assurance system thatwill provide a more detailed assessment of the effectiveness,compliance and management of the service through a whole serviceaudit and review. This comprehensive service review is based upon thesystem developed with our colleagues in the Safeguarding Adults Unitand implemented within the Community Division.Freedom’s and Flexibilities Pilot6.4 The Contact and Assessment Service are leading on the Departmentof Education’s ‘freedoms and flexibilities’ pilot. This will continue untilOctober 2012, following which it is anticipated there will be changes tothe statutory assessment framework and associated guidance(Working Together to Safeguard Children). An initial evaluation wasundertaken in April 2012 with positive qualitative outcomes noted. Theevaluation process is ongoing with an audit review planned forSeptember 2012.Single Front Door6.5 The Contact and Assessment Service will work with the LocalitiesService in bringing the ‘front door’ of children’s services together into asingle front door for children’s services.Tri-Borough Safeguarding, Review and Quality Assurance Service6.6 The Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Unit will become a triboroughfunction, with one overall senior manager responsible for thePage 209
strategic development of the safeguarding service and tri-boroughLSCB.Integrated Review and Quality Assurance System6.7 The Integrated Quality Review System for children’s services will berolled out to include the Localities Service. This system is a peer casereview system that ensures at least one case per manager in FamilyServices reviews a peers’ case against 10 quality review questions.This has been in place in children’s social care for 18 months and isconsidered to be very successful. The system is currently beingupdated to improve the quality of the data.The Local Safeguarding Children’s Board6.8 As the LSCB is now tri-borough, a local multi-agency partnership grouphas been set up. This group meets quarterly and ensures local andsovereign issues are considered and discussed across local agenciesand where necessary local actions taken. This group reports directly tothe LSCB.Services to Sexually Exploited Children6.9 The Barnardo’s SE ONE project will continue to deliver direct work tochildren and young people who at the highest risk of sexual exploitationby peers and adults. Consideration will be given to extending theservice across the three boroughs.Multi-Agency Advisory Group on Child Sexual Abuse6.10 The department also run an advisory group for all professionals wherethey may be concerned about a child being sexually abused within theirfamily home/placement or by a family member. The standing membersof this group are all experienced multi-agency specialists in this area ofwork and provide a safe consultative space for anyone working with achild to think about issues and plan strategies they can take back totheir managers and be more effective in their work with children. Thishas been seen as successful and will continue during the coming year.Feedback from OFSTED6.11 Last year’s Safeguarding and Looked after Children inspection and theChild Serious Case review both provided action plans and workcontinues on implementation throughout the coming year.Page 210
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• Social workers present their case confidently in court,demonstrating they are experts about the child and providing indepthknowledge about the family situation.• Social workers provide a detailed outline of the timescale for thechild in their initial submission to court, with a narrative around theconsequences of not meeting the recommended timescale.• A Tri-borough Case Manager has been appointed to track andmonitor cases and provide coaching and preparation guidance to allsocial workers.• Social workers and their managers engage in post case reviewworkshops with the courts and be open to critical reflection aboutthe progress of pilot cases in reducing unnecessary delay.• The courts provide judicial continuity for cases.• The courts do not agree requests for unnecessary or repeatassessments which result in delay.Quality Assurance Pilot6.3 The FSCP service are the pilot for a new quality assurance system thatwill provide a more detailed assessment of the effectiveness,compliance and management of the service through a whole serviceaudit and review. This comprehensive service review is based upon thesystem developed with our colleagues in the Safeguarding Adults Unitand implemented within the Community Division.Freedom’s and Flexibilities Pilot6.4 The Contact and Assessment Service are leading on the Departmentof Education’s ‘freedoms and flexibilities’ pilot. This will continue untilOctober <strong>2012</strong>, following which it is anticipated there will be changes tothe statutory assessment framework and associated guidance(Working Together to Safeguard Children). An initial evaluation wasundertaken in April <strong>2012</strong> with positive qualitative outcomes noted. Theevaluation process is ongoing with an audit review planned forSeptember <strong>2012</strong>.Single Front Door6.5 The Contact and Assessment Service will work with the LocalitiesService in bringing the ‘front door’ of children’s services together into asingle front door for children’s services.Tri-Borough Safeguarding, Review and Quality Assurance Service6.6 The Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Unit will become a triboroughfunction, with one overall senior manager responsible for thePage 209
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