Agenda Reports Pack (Public) 15/10/2012, 19.00 - Meetings ...

Key Priorities and progress for individualagenciesCAS activityPage 224Family Supportand ChildProtection (FSCP)Maintaining reduction innumbers of children subject toCP plans.Reduce length of timechildren subject to plansImproved stability in staffing inchild protection social workteams, reduction in use ofagency staffWe have worked with the CPchairs to improve the qualityand quantity of childprotection plans to ensurethat they are focused on riskand outcomes.The staff group have beenable to access targetedtraining to support them intheir work.The numbers of children subject to CPplans have steadily reduced over thelast year and have stabilised at a levelthat we believe is a realistic.This has been an ongoing piece of workthroughout the last 18 months. We haveprovided multi-agency scrutiny of thosechildren who have been subject to aplan for over 12 months and the caseswhere parents are non compliant.We have reduced the turnover of staffand the use of agency staff. This hashad a direct and positive impact on thenumber of changes of social workersthat children and their parentsexperience.The length and quality of our childprotection plans have improved. Therecommendations are more easilymeasureable in relation to the progressthat families make in reducing risk totheir children.Ensuring social workers feelconfident in managingpotentially challenging coregroups.Reviewing the work carried outat core groups to ensure thatall agencies are addressingrecommendations betweenconferences, to progress thecp plan effectively.Continuous improvement inrelation to the staff groups,experience and skill andmanaging complex childprotection and riskassessment work. We arepiloting a new qualityassurance framework in2012/13 to identify servicestrengths and areas fordevelopment.Ofsted recommendations havebeen fully implementedTeam managers and staff are able toaccess a comprehensive offer oftraining to improve their understandingof the complex issues in risk7