1. Preparing for the Safeguarding and looked after children inspection Tony Morrissey Head of Safeguarding Inspection & Audit Directorate for Children & Young People

2. Safeguarding and CLA Inspection One inspection every 3 years Maximum notice - 10 days Length of inspection – 10 Working days At least 3 Ofsted/HMI Inspectors and Care Quality Commission Inspector

3. Evaluation schedule Section 1: Overall effectiveness Capacity to improve

4. Evaluation Schedule Section 2: Meeting the need to safeguard and promote the welfare, development and life chances of children and young people and; meeting the needs of looked after children and young people

5. Leadership and management Ambition and prioritisation Evaluation, including performance management, quality assurance and workforce development User engagement Partnerships – LSCB/CT Equality and diversity Value for money Effectiveness in promoting safeguarding

6. Quality of provision Service responsiveness including complaints Assessment and direct work with children and families Case planning, reviews and recording

7. Safeguarding outcomes Children and young people are safe: the effectiveness of services in taking reasonable steps to ensure that children and young people are safe Children and young people are safe: the effectiveness of services in taking reasonable steps to ensure that children and young people feel safe

8. Every Child Matters outcomes for looked after children and young people Being healthy Staying safe Enjoying and achieving Making a positive contribution Achieving economic well-being

9. Surveys All CLA aged eight and over (Care4Me survey) All children and young people aged eight and over who have left care during the previous 12 months (AfterCare survey).Care Leavers Social Workers Safeguarding professionals Third Sector

10. Inspection Activities - Documents Minutes of the last six LSCB Meetings Details of Children’s Trust Board, and minutes of last six meetings CYPP Performance management information Data relating to CAF Summaries of management reviews

11. Inspection Activities - Documents Arrangements for missing children Organisation charts for council and partner agencies Findings from other Lancashire inspections Summary of judgements of SCR evaluations Complaints to Ofsted

12. Inspection Activities Case file scrutiny Evaluating documentation Meetings and hold discussions with users, managers, health professionals and agencies, police, other staff and stakeholders. Chair and members of the LSCB and Children’s Trust

13. Areas of evaluation/grading Over 200 areas of evaluation to make judgements 33 separate grades

14. Limiting Judgments overall effectiveness is likely to be inadequate if either of the two safeguarding outcomes is judged as inadequate or for CLA any outcome judgement is inadequate overall effectiveness is unlikely to be good or better if either of the two safeguarding outcomes is not judged as good or for CLA either staying safe or enjoying and achieving is not judged as good enjoying and achieving are unlikely to be good if looked after children and young people are not making at least good educational progress overall in relation to their starting points and capability leadership and management are likely to be inadequate if the grade awarded for equality and diversity is inadequate.

15. Full inspection Experiences so far: 13 Authorities Safeguarding Inspection 1 (Outstanding)2 (Good)3 (Adequate)4 (Inadequate) Hounslow Hillingdon Swindon Knowsley Staffordshire Devon Cambridgeshire N. Yorkshire Blackpool Cornwall Warrington Leeds Sandwell LAC Inspection 1 (Outstanding)2 (Good)3 (Adequate)4 (Inadequate) Devon N. Yorkshire Hounslow Hillingdon Blackpool Swindon Knowsley Staffordshire Cambridgeshire Warrington Leeds Sandwell Cornwall

16. Safeguarding and CLA inspection Experiences so far: Safeguarding element Strengths Clear priorities Strong visible leadership Sustained improvement Child-centred Good partnership/joint working High staff morale Good staff training Active and visible LSCB and Children’s Trust Weaknesses No progress or direction Quality & timeliness of assessments Unclear thresholds Statutory guidance not followed Poor management support, oversight and decision making Ineffective LSCB and Children’s Trust

17. Safeguarding and CLA inspection Experiences so far: Looked After Children Strengths Good partnership/joint working Clear priorities Responsive, child-centred service Committed workforce Strong leadership Effective corporate parenting board Engagement of looked after children and young people Weaknesses Poor joint working No clear strategy Gaps in service provision Statutory guidance not followed Inadequacies in care planning Not ambitious performance objectives Slow pace of change

18. Next steps Safeguarding and LAC inspection Readiness for inspection Logistical preparations Getting pre-inspection documents together Processes and practices Documentation People are aware

19. action taken Step 1: Set up Groups to oversee preparations for the inspection. Step 2: Allocate responsibilities for undertaking preparation tasks LOGISTICS Inspector information pack Documentation checklist Notification cascade Auditing team READINESS FOR INSPECTION Self evaluation Documentation audit Evidence file Staff briefings Mock inspection

20. Preparations so far Current status Inspection preparation GroupsYes in DfCYP and proposal for Partnership Board All relevant people briefedNo – How are we going to do this in our agencies? Regular case file auditsUnderway in DfCYP – What about other agencies? Self-evaluationsUnderway in DfCYP – What about other agencies? Inspector information PackUnderway Cascade system/action plansUnderway in DfCYP – What about other agencies? Document collationUnderway in DfCYP– What do other agencies have? Logistical arrangementsUnderway

21. Useful website addresses http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofsted-home/Forms- and-guidance/Browse-all- by/Other/General/Inspections-of-safeguarding- and-looked-after-children- services/(language)/eng-GBhttp://www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofsted-home/Forms- and-guidance/Browse-all- by/Other/General/Inspections-of-safeguarding- and-looked-after-children- services/(language)/eng-GB http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofsted-home/Forms- and-guidance/Browse-all- by/Other/General/Illustrative-grade-descriptors- for-inspecting-safeguarding-and-looked-after- children-services/(language)/eng-GBhttp://www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofsted-home/Forms- and-guidance/Browse-all- by/Other/General/Illustrative-grade-descriptors- for-inspecting-safeguarding-and-looked-after- children-services/(language)/eng-GB