I would like to know how many children are currently in care in your authority Please provide the following information: 1) How many children overall are in care or are looked after by your authority (Broken down by UK nationals, … Continue reading
Children's Social Care
Statutory child protection, children in need, adoption and fostering services
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Children with emotional and behavioural difficulties placed out of area
1. How many children (12 to 18 years) from Devon are out of county in secure units? Nil 2. How many children (12 to 18 years) from Devon are out of county in Children’s homes for Children with emotional and … Continue reading
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Adopted children and contact arrangements
Can you please provide the following information with regards to contact arrangements for adopted children who are placed by yourselves: 1. The number of adopted children with active letterbox contact arrangements (i.e. where there are one or more letters due … Continue reading
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Numbers of Children Accommodated
Q1. How many children are currently accommodated by your local authority under section 20 of the Children Act 1989? 154 (as at 18 March 2019). Q2. Of the children in Q1, how many have been accommodated under section 20 for … Continue reading
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Honour based violence, forced marriage and female genital mutilation
1.How many children did the child and social services department have contact with in 2018 where the child was in the care of social services and at risk of: a) child &/or forced marriage? b) ‘honour’ based violence? c) female … Continue reading
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Children’s Social Work Project Team Commissioning
“Please can you provide the following information under the Freedom of Information Act: 1. Since 1/1/2018 has the Council used an external organisation to provide Children’s Social Work project team(s) to complete a specific piece of time bound work? Since … Continue reading
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Social worker posts and caseloads
1) The total number of FTE equivalent child and separately, adult, social worker posts for each year for the last ten years. Year Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Adult social workers FTE Childrens social workers 2009 – 2010 113.80 185.12 2010 … Continue reading
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Childrens Act 1989 Section 25 Accomodation
1) )The total annual number of persons placed on secure accommodation orders (under section 25 of the Children Act 1989) for each of the last 5 calendar years (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)? These are the young people admitted to … Continue reading
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Looked After Children Sufficiency Statement, Foster Carer deregistrations and Numbers
1)Please could you provide a copy of the local authority’s most recent sufficiency statement for looked after children services? A copy of the Council’s Sufficiency Strategy has been published on the Devon Children and Families Partnership website and can be accessed … Continue reading
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Child serious case reviews
1)The total number of child serious case reviews undertaken for each year since Regulation 5 of the Local Safeguarding Children Boards Regulations 2006 came into effect. If these figures are not available, please provide the number of child serious case … Continue reading