Childrens social care prioritisation and funding

Please indicate in column how the following functions provided by your authority’s children’s social services are prioritised by your service from 1 ‘ 20 (1 = highest priority, 20 = lowest priority)

 Children’s social care services do not prioritise functions in this way.  Safeguarding is a serious matter and safeguarding concerns are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

Please indicate which, if any of these functions are not being provided, or not being adequately provided, due to funding difficulties.

As above Safeguarding is a serious matter and concerns are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.  Action and support provided to address any concerns identified is also agreed on a case by case basis and may be delivered in a number of different ways by a number of different organisations or individuals. No commissioned services have been stopped due to funding difficulties. Funding for childrens social care is detailed in our Budget Books.

Ofsted last inspected Devon children’s social care services in 2015 and their report can be found here: https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/local-authorities/devon

Please indicate which, if any of these functions are not being provided, or not being adequately provided, due to staffing difficulties.Priority funding staffing:

Child at risk due to having drug addicted parent
Child at risk of physical abuse
Child at risk due to alcoholic parent
Child who has committed a serious criminal offence
Child at risk of FII
Child at risk as child is drug or addict, or alcoholic
Child with parents recently died
Child is home educated referred with concerns.
Child is home educated, referred no concerns
Child at risk of sexual abuse
Child at risk as prostitute
Child at risk of sexual exploitation
Child at risk of FGM
Child at risk as absconded from care
Child at risk of radicalisation
Child with complex needs due to disability
Child with moderate needs due to disability
Child at risk of physical neglect
Child at risk of emotional harm
Other, please specify.”

Childrens social care is provided on a case by case basis, each of which may or may not involve one or more of the above factors.

Ofsted last inspected Devon children’s social care services in 2015 and their report can be found here: https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/local-authorities/devon