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West LothianOn single shared assessment, the agreed tool (Carenap E) is being rolled out from the currentpilot in spring 2002. Development of the related assessment systems and information sharingis progressing but not yet concluded.The Council has started implementing the relevant recommendations from Sensing Progress.A local multi-agency group has been established; and a sensory resource centre has beenopened at St John’s hospital from which the Council and voluntary organisations are deliveringservices and assessments for deaf and visually impaired people.3. Performance: Children and FamiliesBalance of care – Looked afterchildren (aged 0-17)At home 212 5.7 1 171 4.6 2With friends/relatives/other community 53 1.4 1 43 1.2 2With foster carers/prospective adopters 108 2.9 2 146 3.9 1In residential accommodation 42 1.1 2 44 1.2 2Total 415 11.1 2 404 10.8 1Key performance indicators1999-2000actual1998-1999actual1999-2000per 1,0001998-1999per 1,000QuartileQuartile2000-2001actual1999-2000actual2000-2001per 1,0001999-2000per 1,000QuartileQuartileChild protection (CP) referrals 249 7.5 2 227 6.8 3(aged 0-15)Children subject to a CP case 60 1.8 3 72 2.2 3conference (aged 0-15)Children placed on CP register 54 1.6 3 69 2.1 2(aged 0-15)Adoption applications in year 20 0.5 1 6 0.2 4(aged 0-17)Stranger adopter applications 5 0.1 3 3 0.1 4(aged 0-17)While the overall rate of children looked after has remained stable and relatively high. The rateof those in foster care has risen. The rate in residential accommodation is still higher than inmany other authorities, most being accounted for by 25 placements in residential schools.The rates of child protection referrals and of children who are subject to a child protectionconference are relatively low. The number of children on the child protection register hasincreased between 1998 and 2000 and the rate is now relatively high.Joint working with education and health staff is directed to raising attainment of looked afterchildren:• a local database has been established to enable the educational progress of looked afterchildren to be tracked;• practice and procedures are being prepared for shared assessment;• education is fully addressed in the care plans of looked after children, all of whom havepermanent full-time places in education;• a member of staff is designated in each primary and secondary school;• joint professional development has included curriculum awareness for social care staff; and269
• the educational environment for looked after children has been developed through use of aneducational psychologist to advise foster carers, the involvement of library services, andcomputer installations.The Council has established a planning group for new arrangements for care leavers, and hasappointed a throughcare manager. An information pack is being designed and staff anticipate theneed for intensive packages for a few care leavers where a multi agency approach will be crucial.Managed by Community Services, the new Whitdale Centre will have a community focus,encompassing Social Work, Education, Health, Surestart, and voluntary Housing staff workingtogether on the one purpose built site. The Surestart Team provides a number of services forindividuals and groups in the community addressing the needs of young families. The IntensiveSupport Team provides a crisis response service to reduce the number of children looked afterand accommodated in foster and residential care.Planning for children’s services is led by Education, Social Work and Health CommunityPlanning group, and there is also elected member, voluntary and user involvement in theForum. Investment in Early years includes family centres, Bookstart, and support for voluntarysector (e.g. First Step Enable Nursery).4. Performance: Criminal JusticeKey ActivitiesNumber of social enquiry reports submitted to the courts 517 596 52.8 3during the yearNumber of community service orders made during the year 152 104 9.2 4The proportion of social enquiry reports reported to courtwithin target time2000-2001 QuartileProportion of social enquiry reports submitted to the courts 99.5 2by due dateThe time taken to complete community service orders1999-20002000-2001Average length of community service (hours) for orders 106 4completed during the yearAverage hours completed per week 1.8 42000-2001per 10,000QuartileThe rate of social enquiry reports submitted to courts during 2000-2001 was relatively low.A relatively high proportion was submitted by the due date. The number of community serviceorders made was less than in the previous year and the rate is lower than in many otherauthorities. The average length of orders is shorter than in many other authorities but the orderstake longer to complete in West Lothian, with an average of only 1.8 hours completed per week.In providing criminal justice services, West Lothian forms part of a grouping with Edinburgh,Mid Lothian, East Lothian, and Borders. The grouping is developing a common approach tomonitoring and evaluation, although the current lack of IT integration will need to be overcometo make this a reality. The Council is working on the development of a criminal justice moduledesigned to meet operational management needs and Scottish Executive requirements. Theintention is to develop common data standards based on the material developed by the ScottishSocial Care Data Standards project.270
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Growth and DevelopmentSOCIAL WORK S
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IntroductionThe Local ReportsGrowth
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ContentsPageNorth Lanarkshire 183Or
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1. Profile at 2002With an estimated
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AberdeenThe three councils and heal
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