Children's Services
1. Can you advise on the rate of Children in Need per 10,000 in your area as of this date and for the years 2022 and 2023. Leadership 2. The name of the Statutory Director of Social Services and how long they have been in post. 3. Within the council, please provide the name of the Cabinet member for Children Services and/or social services, as well as how long they have been in post. 4. The name of the Chair of your Local Safeguarding Children Board and/or the regional Safeguarding Children Board with which your authority is engaged and how long they have been in post. Workforce Amongst Children's Social Workers, over the period 1st October 2022 - 30th September 2023 please provide: 1. Total FTE Children's Social Workers (not including Senior Social Workers or Team Leaders). 2. Total FTE Senior Social Workers, Team Leaders, Managers. 3. Total FTE Newly Qualified Social Workers in role for less than 2 years. 4. Total FTE Staff for which occupational qualifications are required or recommended in social work services for children. 5. % Turnover rate 6. % Agency worker rate 7. % Vacancy rate 8. % Absence rate Caseloads 5. Number of cases held by children's social workers on the date of this request. 6. Number of cases held by children's social workers on 31 March for the preceding five years: 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21, 2019/20, 2018/19. 7. The average number of cases held by individual social workers on the date of this request. 8. The average number of cases held by individual social workers on 31 March for the preceding five years: 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21, 2019/20, 2018/19. Reviews 9. The Number of Concise Reviews undertaken in the years 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21, 2019/20, 2018/19 for children's social workers. 10. The Number of Extended Learning Reviews undertaken in the years 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21, 2019/20, 2018/19 or children's social workers.