- Title or Description
- Local Authority Children s Services
- FOI Number
- 2024510
- Date Received
- 14/05/2024
- Type of Request
- FOI
- Request or Question
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1. The rate of Children in Need per 1000, in your area on 31st March for the preceding five years: 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21, 2019/20, 2018/19 (excluding children on a Child Protection Plan and Looked After Children). For clarity, that is, a child or children, as defined within the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, who are in need of care and protection as they are deemed unlikely to achieve or maintain a reasonable standard of health or development or if they are disabled/affected by the disability of a family member.Leadership
2. Please provide the name of the Council elected Cabinet Member/Chair for Social Services/ Portfolio holder for Children and Young People Services and when they began this position.
3. Within the Council, please provide the name of who has responsibility for the directorate of children services/social services and when they began this position.
4. The name of the Chief Social Work Officer and when they began this position.
5. The name of the Chair of the Public/Child Protection Committee/Partnership and when they began this position.
Finance
6. The safeguarding budget for children and young people s services in this financial year and the preceding five years: 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21, 2019/20, 2018/19.
Workforce
Amongst Children s Social Workers, over the period 1st October 2022 30th September 2023 please provide:
7. Total FTE Newly Qualified Social Workers in role for less than 2 years.
8. % Turnover rate
9. % Agency worker rate
10. % Vacancy rate
11. % Absence rate
Caseloads
12. Number of cases held by children s social workers on the date of this request.
13. Number of cases held by children s social workers on 31st March for the preceding five years: 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21, 2019/20, 2018/19.
14. The average number of cases held by individual social workers on the date of this request.
15. The average number of cases held by individual social workers on 31st March for the preceding five years: 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21, 2019/20, 2018/19.
Reviews
16. The Number of Child Initial Case Reviews undertaken the preceding five years: 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21, 2019/20, 2018/19.
17. The Number of Child Significant Case Reviews/Learning Reviews undertaken the preceding five years: 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21, 2019/20, 2018/19. - Response
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1049
598
483
644
675
Carol Hamilton - Executive Member for Developing Our Children and Young People No date published - exempt under Section 17 Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
Leagh Douglas - Executive Member for Education and Lifelong Learning Elected 06/05/2022
Lesley Munro, Director of Education and Children, since 01 April 2024
John Fyfe, Acting CSWO (since October 2023)
Alan Small, Independent Chair of Public Protection Committee (since 15/08/22)
2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23
260,991.62 173,821.36 207,268.90 229,314.32 250,195.42
3
4.73%
No data to report on the percentage agency worker rate - exempt under Section 17 Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
16.4%
Average 5.08%
702
646
575
614
650
766
11.95
11.48
10.96
12.31
10.93
12.67 There have been 2 learning reviews during that time period. Zero
