1.Please provide the number of safeguarding investigations (section 47 investigations) or LADO investigations, since January 2017, where an employee or contractor in a children’s home was alleged to have had a sexual relationship with a child, who was a resident … Continue reading
Children's Social Care
Statutory child protection, children in need, adoption and fostering services
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Transracial adoptions – 2019-2022
How many children have been placed transracially for adoption in Devon County Council between 1st January 2019 – 1st January 2020. By transracial I mean the placement for adoption when both of the adoptive parents are of white British or … Continue reading
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Children’s Social Workers
1.How many children’s social workers does the council need in total to run its children’s service department? 2. How many of those roles have remained vacant for each of the last five calendar years (2017-2021)? 3. How many temporary agency … Continue reading
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Direct Payments in Adults’ and Children’s Social Care
The Institute of Public Care, Oxford Brookes University are carrying out research work regarding Direct Payments in Social Care for Children’s and Adults in England and Wales. Please provide answers to the questions asked on behalf of your local authority … Continue reading
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Children in Care Placements
Please provide all documentation relating to the submissions made to the DfE as made public in the following announcement. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/transformational-investment-in-childrens-social-care-placements £800,000 for the South West, including seven refurbishment projects in Devon; Provide a copy of the submission made Provide the … Continue reading
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Induced Psychological Splitting
1. Does the Local Authority officially recognise the term ‘Induced Psychological Splitting’, and if so on what basis does the Local Authority officially recognise, accept or not accept it? Devon County Council does not officially recognise the term ‘Induced Psychological … Continue reading
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Child Protection and Reporting Abuse
Q1. How many reports were made to children’s social care, regarding concerns that a child or young person is at risk or is being abused? 2013 – 3305 2014 – 4013 2015 – 4931 2016 – 3937 2017 – 3444 … Continue reading
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Children’s homes – placements, providers and payments
Please can you list all the providers of children’s homes where the authority has placed looked after children, including (a) the number of in-area 83 (b) out-of-area placements 78 for each provider, * (c) the total amount paid to each … Continue reading
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Social Workers – meetings, attendance, complaints and employment
1.How many meetings, both within (professionals) the council and outside of council offices (for training and/work purposes) did social workers attend in total from January 1st 2010 to December 3rd 2021? We do not hold a central record of how … Continue reading
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Sexual harassment against social workers
Please note that there are three parts to this request: 1. Can you confirm how many reports of third-party sexual harassment your local authority has received from social workers directly employed by your local authority between 31 October 2013 and … Continue reading