This is a Freedom of Information Request in relation to the council’s children services department and its use of a tool called the Graded Care Profile to assess neglect.
1. Do you use a) the GCP or b) the NSPCC’s adapted version, the GCP 2, to assess neglect in children?
Yes GCP2
2. If you use the GCP 2 please provide information on how much the council has spent on a) licensing the GCP2 and b) training in relation to the GCP2, to date
Approximately £14,000 one off fee in 2018 paid by Devon Children and Families Partnership
3. If you use the GCP2 please provide any assessments of the GCP 2 held or carried out by the council on the effect of use of the GCP2 on outcomes for children ie what are the benefits?
Please note I am not looking for information on how many social workers etc have used the GCP2 but an assessment of the impact of the children on cases.
Children’s Social Care have not undertaken any specific assessments on the effect or use of the GCP2 specifically on outcomes for children.
4. Please answer this question only if you do not use the GCP2 but do use the GCP.
Please provide any assessments of the GCP held or carried out by the Council within the past 5 years in relation to the impact of use of the GCP tool on outcomes for children.
Please see our answers above; we therefore do not hold this information.