Children's Services directorate

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following information relating to your local authority's Children's Services directorate. Please provide the information as of 31 March 2025, or the nearest available reporting date. Where exact data is not held, please provide the closest equivalent information you do hold.

1) Management structure

Please provide: The number of management layers between:

a) Chief Executive and frontline social worker

b) Director of Children's Services and frontline social worker

2) A list of management job titles within Children's Services and the number of FTE posts at each level:

3) Quality assurance / practice improvement

Please provide:

a) The total number of FTE posts within the Quality Assurance / Practice Improvement function (or equivalent) Whether this function is:

b) Centralised

c) Embedded within service areas

d) A hybrid model

4) Integrated Front Door / MASH demand For the 2024/25 financial year (or latest available year),

please provide:

a) The total number of contacts received by the Integrated Front Door / MASH (or equivalent)

b) The total number of referrals progressed from those contacts (using your local definition)

5) Children in Care and in-house provision

Please provide:

a) The total number of Children Looked After (Children in Care) and Children in Need (CIN) as at the reporting date Whether the local authority operates any in-house children's homes and if yes:

b) Number of in-house children's homes

c) Total number of registered beds

d) Number of children placed in these homes as at the reporting date

1) Management Structure

a) Chief Executive and frontline social worker - 6

b) Director of Children's Services and frontline social worker - 5

2) Please find attached table

3) Quality assurance / practice improvement

a) The total number of FTE posts within the Quality Assurance / Practice Improvement function (or equivalent)

5 b) Centralised -Quality assurance is a golden thread throughout the organisation and all leaders have a responsibility in this area. We do have a Quality and Standards Service which includes a team of Practice advisors who undertake QA activity and support this function across Children’s Services

c) No as above

d) as above

4) Integrated Front Door/MASH demand

a) 25,018

b) 3,342

5) Children in Care and in-house provision

a) 848 CiC (Children in Care),

3680 CIN (Child in Need)

b) 5 x mainstream children's homes 1 x Children with disabilities home long term. 2 x Children with disabilities homes short breaks. 8 x homes in total

c) 37 beds for children in care beds. 10 short breaks CWD beds.

The CWD short breaks homes have not been included in these numbers

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