Children's Social Care

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

  • Safeguarding referrals

    Between the dates of 1st Jan 2019 and 1st of February 2020 how many safeguarding referrals have been received from the following organisations “Department for Work & Pensions”, “Centre for Health & Disability Assessments also known as Maximus”, “ATOS also … Continue reading →

  • Independent Advocacy Support

    Q1. Could you provide details of any service(s) you commission to provide Independent Advocacy Support to adults and children or young people receiving aftercare support under section 117 of the Mental Health Act? Devon County Council commissions the Devon Advocacy … Continue reading →

  • Childrens services budget

    Please can you tell me the following:- 1. The 2019/20 budget for Children Services This information is available online at:  https://www.devon.gov.uk/finance-and-budget/budgets/ 2. the amount spent/budgeted for staff costs In relation to the staff costs, we can confirm that the 2019/20 … Continue reading →

  • Care Leavers

    1. Have you published the Local Offer for Care Leavers in accordance with Section 2 of the Social Work Act 2017? Yes 2. Have you exempted Care Leavers from Council Tax? Yes but not all district councils have applied this … Continue reading →

  • Looked after children placements

    1.Combining the calendar years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, how many Looked After Children had three or more placements during a single calendar year? There were 361 unique children who had 3 or more placements within 1 of the years … Continue reading →

  • Supported Living Accommodation

    Please would you let me know in writing if you hold information of the following description: A list of all providers/organisations and accommodation addresses that the council has referred 10 to 18-year-olds to for Supported Living accommodation over the past … Continue reading →

  • Childrens needs assessments

    1.How many children’s needs assessments were closed as ‘no further action’ in the financial year from beginning of April 2018 ‘ end of March 2019 There were 2,254 children’s needs assessments that were closed as ‘no further action’ in the … Continue reading →