Children's Social Care

Statutory child protection, children in need, adoption and fostering services

  • Return Home Interviews

    Please provide the following three totals covering the period between 1 January 2019 and 19 July 2022, disaggregated by year (for example, ‘2019’, ‘2020’, 2021 etc): The number of recorded statutory Return Home Interviews (RHI) you have conducted with children … Continue reading →

  • Residential care placements

    1. What is the most expensive residential care placement you have had to commission for a single child in the past five years, and what specialised services were being provided for that cost? (eg £10k a week for six months … Continue reading →

  • Children in Care – 2022

    In relation to the first 20 cases of children that were taken into care (either interim or full) by your authority in the 2022 calendar year please provide me with the following information in connection with each of these cases. … Continue reading →

  • Radicalisation concerns and referrals

    Please provide the following information for the financial years 2015 to 2021 (beginning 01 April 2015 ending 31 March 2022) broken down by year i.e. 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022: The number of people under the age … Continue reading →

  • Social Work Frameworks and Agency Spend

    Can I please request the following information, all relating to the Council’s recruitment of agency Social Workers: 1) Can the you please confirm the procurement framework / managed service provider the Council uses for its recruitment of Agency Social Workers. … Continue reading →

  • Adoption disruptions and breakdowns

    1. How many adoption disruptions – after a child was placed with prospective adopters, but before an adoption order was made – occurred in each of the last five financial years (2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22)? 2017/18 – 4 … Continue reading →

  • Adoption Support Services

    1. Which agency/organisation/individual provides counselling/therapeutic support to birth parents following adoption? Adopt South West offer birth parent counselling, we also offer support groups. We link closely with Pause projects in our region 2. What is the total amount of government … Continue reading →

  • External Children’s Services

    1. How many children, aged 10 – 17,  are in residential care or supported by the council/outside agencies? As of 7th June 2022, we have 169 children aged 10 – 17 in residential care. Regarding support by outside agencies, Devon … Continue reading →