Children's Social Care

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

  • 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 →

  • Radio aid provision for deaf children

    Please find attached a freedom of information request on the provision of radio aids by your local authority for families to use within the home and elsewhere. Our completed response to your request is available via the link below: Radio … Continue reading →

  • ICT systems for adult and childrens social care

    Q1.Which IT systems are used in the department specifically to provide core case management systems and any other supporting software holding information on individuals supported by your adults/children care services? For example, document management, RAS etc. Please provide name of … Continue reading →

  • Looked after, missing and absent children

    Please release the following information relating to looked after children in the care of your authority. Please provide the figures per year for the following calendar years: 2018 and 2019 Number of children -The total number of looked after children … Continue reading →

  • Children Social Care costs

    1. For each placement made to a private or voluntary provider’s children’s home in the year 1st April 2018 to 1st April 2019, please provide the actual price per week (excluding VAT) paid for the placement to the provider by … Continue reading →