The following request concerns looked after children and young people under the age of 18 who have been placed in unregulated accommodation for any period of time during the past five years. 1. Please could you provide the numbers of … Continue reading
Children's Social Care
Statutory child protection, children in need, adoption and fostering services
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Under-age asylum seekers
For each month since May 2019 until October 2020, please provide the following information regarding unaccompanied under-age asylum seekers (UUAS): – How many under-16 year old UUAS registered with the council Between May 2019 and October 2020 we received 5 … Continue reading
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Children in care at risk – reasons and numbers – 2019
Please could you provide data you hold as a percentage or figures including the number of children affected against the total number of children in care between 01/01/2019 – 31/12/2019 that were: * Categorised by Social Services at risk whilst … Continue reading
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Care Leaver Demand
Please confirm: 1) The current Council demand for 16+ Care Leavers placements in Devon As at the end of November 2020 there were 73 current placements of this type. 2) The average weekly cost per person living in a group … Continue reading
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Children taken in to care due to dogs
How many children did you take into care (either interim or full) in the last financial year 2019/20 where the child’s proximity to a dog was cited as a factor in the care proceedings? For each child please state if … Continue reading
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Employed social workers and training
1. How many children’s social workers are employed within the County Council (agency & permanent) – 212 contracted Social Workers and there are 77 Agency social workers 2. Do you provide training for children’s social workers to understand how to … Continue reading
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Looked-after children
How many looked-after children have been placed into semi-independent living accommodation not subject to children’s homes regulations in each of the last three calendar years (2018,2019, 2020 so far). Please break this down by month. Of those children how many: … Continue reading
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Child and Adult Social Care policies
Policies/Guidance for: Children’s Social Care 1. The Disabled Children’s Social Work Team. To include eligibility criteria and which cases have social work input and which cases are demoted to annual reassessment. Disabled Children’s Service eligibility criteria can be found at … Continue reading
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Registered foster carers
Information about your registered foster carers that are directly paid by the council. (i) Total number of foster carers; 342 households (ii) Split by Gender – male, female, non-binary 128 male, 217 female and * non-binary (iii) Split by … Continue reading
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Child criminal exploitation
Does your local authority record data regarding the number of referrals it receives concerning child criminal exploitation? Yes If so, in what year did this practice begin? 16/12/2019 Please provide a breakdown of the number of referrals it … Continue reading