1. Presentation to Primary Headteachers in West Essex
Jenny Boyd Director of Local Delivery - West
June 2012

2. Big picture - progress
Ofsted inspection of the Adoption Service Feb 2012 – rated good with outstanding features
Good youth offending inspection
One remaining residential unit (with 1 child)
Social Care Academy progressing
D-Bit up and running
Integrated Children’s System re-vamped
Review of IRT complete

3. West quadrant - progress
Brentwood office closed, all CP, Family Support and CiC cases transferred
Service plan developed
Contact service established
Progress made on vacancies

4. All open cases are allocated
Big Picture - progress
April 2011
Current
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

5. Local progress – West Quadrant
April 2011
Now
Change
All open cases
1475
1298
-177
Subject of Children Protection Plan
160
104
- 56
Children in Care
265
281
+ 16
The current figures include cases transferred from Brentwood, so the change in figures is an underestimate (likely to be a bigger reduction in open cases and subject to plans and a reduction in the number looked after. 5 5

6. Day to day challenges – May figures
NUMBER OF CONTACTS
1082 (716)
NUMBER OF REFERRALS
163 (111)
NUMBER PROGRESSING TO INITIAL ASSESSMENT
162 (106)
NUMBER OF SECTION 47 INVESTIGATIONS
26 (12)
Figures in brackets are April’s figures.

7. Sources and outcomes of referrals – calendar year to date
POLICE
EDUCATION
HEALTH
NUMBER OF CONTACTS
895
221
146
CONTACTS PROGRESSED TO REFERRALS
9.7%
42.1%
28.1%
NUMBER OF REFERRALS PROGRESSED TO TEAMS 87 93 41
All referrals progressed to teams.

8. Specific issues – West CSC profile
Smallest number and ratio against child population of children subject to CPP’s (14.1/26.5) and in care (36.6/50.1) than the other quadrants - implications
Profile of children in care is proportionately older – 70% in total over 10, with 40% aged 10 – 15
43% are looked after under Section 20
All UASC children and young people in and leaving care are held in West quadrant
27 in care

9. Areas For Us To Focus On
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
Effective intervention which promotes family resilience; understands strengths and dangers
Continued improvements in timeliness and quality of assessments
More of our children in care in local family placements
Working with children and families in the most proportionate way
Response to national drivers 9 9

10. National update Family Justice Review – Gov response Feb 2012
Munro progress report – May 2012
Inspection framework – from May 2012
Working Together and Assessment framework – drafts for consultation June 2012; published autumn 2012
The Children’s Safeguarding Performance Information Framework – June 2012
Gov adoption priority – change from Sep 2012

11. Ofsted Inspection Framework
Current Safeguarding and Looked After Children Framework ceases in July 2012
Interim framework from May 2012 – March 2013
New framework April 2013 – multi agency inspections
Child Protection and Children in Care inspections separated

12. 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

13. Children in Care Inspection
Currently being developed
Likely to combine with fostering inspection and adoption inspection
In 2012/13 any authority rated as adequate or below will receive interim inspection – framework not yet clear

14. Performance information framework - themes
Outcomes for children and young people and their families
Child protection activity (including early help)
The quality and timeliness of decision making
The quality of child protection plans
Workforce
Each theme supported at national level by performance data and
at local level by a set of sector agreed questions about quality and
experience of those in the child protection system

15. A golden thread…….. Effectiveness of early help
Effectiveness of partnership working
Experience of children and families
Timeliness and quality of assessment and intervention
“How do you know and so what……”
Munro
Working Together & Assessment Framework
Performance Information framework
Inspection framework

16. Contact Details Email: jenny.boyd@essex.gov.uk Jenny Boyd
Director of Local Delivery West
Children’s Social Care
Goodman House
Station Approach
Harlow CM20 2ET