Children's Social Care

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

  • 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 →

  • Social worker vacancies

    Please can you provide a breakdown of the number of vacancies you have had for social workers in your area for the last 5 years. We do not hold this information. Please also confirm what percentage of your social workers … Continue reading →

  • Atkinson Secure childrens home

    Please could you confirm whether 1. The Secure Children’s Home in your area, Atkinson, uses pain-inducing restraint or is able to use pain-inducing restraint? We can confirm that the Atkinson secure children’s home do not use or teach pain inducing … Continue reading →

  • Looked after children in unregulated accomodation

    1) How many looked-after children that your local authority is responsible for are currently living in unregulated, semi-independent living accommodation – 61 ( as of 11/02/2020) 2) Of those children identified in (1), how many were placed into unregulated accommodation … Continue reading →