Children's Social Care

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

  • Children removed from birth parents

    1.Number of children permanently removed from their birth parents in last 5 years in Devon A total of 261 children were permanently removed from birth parents as a result of Adoption Orders over the last five years. A total of … Continue reading →

  • Dublin III family reunions

    1. How many minors (children under the age of 18) were successfully reunited with family members in 2016 and also in 2017 under Dublin III family reunion provisions? I request that this number should include all ‘Calais referrals’ – i.e. … Continue reading →

  • Early help below child in need threshold

    1. Does the local authority gather information on cases/referrals where an early help/intervention service is offered to children with needs recorded at a threshold below/prior that of ‘child in need’ (Children Act 1989)? Yes 2. Please can you tell me … Continue reading →

  • Child abuse – parental prosecutions

    How many parents have been prosecuted for child abuse by deliberately manipulating a child against another parent in the Family Court arena. Devon County Council  does not prosecute parents involved in child abuse cases. Therefore we do not hold this … Continue reading →

  • Social Care Staff

    1. Please state the total expenditure by the council on agency children’s social workers in 2016/17 2. For each of the following months (and using the spreadsheet provided), please state the number of EU citizens (excluding UK/Republic of Ireland citizens) … Continue reading →

  • Social worker employer standards

    A copy of all of the social work ‘health checks’ (see above) that your council has produced since the social worker employer standards were introduced in 2011. Please find below links to copies of all social work health checks produced … Continue reading →

  • Adoption Support Fund

    How many applications for funding awards from the Adoption Support Fund has your council received during the financial years 2015-16 and 2016-17? Special Guardianship Orders 2015/16                                    37 Special Guardianship Orders 2016/17                                    21 Adoption support 2015/16 –                                                   233 Adoption support … Continue reading →