Children's Social Care

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

  • Structure charts for Adults and Childrens

    List of all of the individual teams within Children’s and Young Peoples Social Service’s also including the names and contact numbers of all team managers and social workers Devon County Council Structure Charts are available on our public website. Here … Continue reading →

  • Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children

    “I am writing to you from ITV News in order to request statistics concerning unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) in your care. In 2017, the Home Office reported: ‘Of the 1,998 initial decisions relating to UASC made in 2017, 1,154 … Continue reading →

  • Fostering Placements and Contracts

    1) Please provide the number of children/ young people in care (CLA) at 31 March 2018 – 694 2) Please provide the number of CLA placed in IFA foster care placements at 31 March 2018 – 170 3) Please provide … Continue reading →

  • Special Guardianship Orders

    Does the Council use the Department of Education formula without alteration in means testing payments for Families with Special Guardianship Orders? No. If the formula has altered what are the changes? Devon County Council (DCC) has reduced the amount of … Continue reading →

  • Employee numbers – social care

    How many staff does your council employ in the provision of 1) adult social care services and 2) children’s social care services? Please include employees on all grades in: Home care, re-ablement, day care, residential care, care commissioning, meals on … Continue reading →

  • Childrens social care caseloads

    1) How many open cases did you have on 30th June 2018 (including Looked After Children, Child Protection and Children in Receipt of Care and Support (CIN) and those new referrals undergoing assessment) 4,047 2) Define how you calculate average … Continue reading →

  • Childrens social care prioritisation and funding

    Please indicate in column how the following functions provided by your authority’s children’s social services are prioritised by your service from 1 ‘ 20 (1 = highest priority, 20 = lowest priority)  Children’s social care services do not prioritise functions … Continue reading →