Group established after child protection report
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By Calum Ross
Published: 10/02/2009
A TASKFORCE of councillors is to be established to monitor child protection services in Aberdeen following criticism from government inspectors.
The “child protection and corporate parenting governance forum” is to be established after last year’s damning reports from the Social Work Inspection Agency (SWIA) and HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE).
The panel, to be made up of 10 councillors and a social work official, will be chaired by council leader Kate Dean, to underline its importance, and will meet four times a year.
Councillors will be asked to rubber-stamp the plans at tomorrow’s full council meeting.
Independent councillor Marie Boulton last month moved that the local authority establish the panel as a matter of urgency, in the wake of failings identified by inspectors.
November’s HMIE report, published amid national furore at the tragic death of Baby P in London despite 60 visits from social work staff, found that youngsters in Aberdeen were being left in high-risk situations without the protection they needed.
Action plans to address the findings of SWIA and HMIE have now been sent to the government agencies in advance of reinspections later this year.
Far-reaching changes to the way social work is provided in the city have been overseen by programme director Philip Cotterill, a troubleshooter recruited to overhaul the department following the SWIA report last May.
He said in a report to tomorrow’s meeting that the new taskforce would “provide governance and oversight of the effectiveness” of the council in the delivery of services to children.
Published: 10/02/2009
A TASKFORCE of councillors is to be established to monitor child protection services in Aberdeen following criticism from government inspectors.
The “child protection and corporate parenting governance forum” is to be established after last year’s damning reports from the Social Work Inspection Agency (SWIA) and HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE).
The panel, to be made up of 10 councillors and a social work official, will be chaired by council leader Kate Dean, to underline its importance, and will meet four times a year.
Councillors will be asked to rubber-stamp the plans at tomorrow’s full council meeting.
Independent councillor Marie Boulton last month moved that the local authority establish the panel as a matter of urgency, in the wake of failings identified by inspectors.
November’s HMIE report, published amid national furore at the tragic death of Baby P in London despite 60 visits from social work staff, found that youngsters in Aberdeen were being left in high-risk situations without the protection they needed.
Action plans to address the findings of SWIA and HMIE have now been sent to the government agencies in advance of reinspections later this year.
Far-reaching changes to the way social work is provided in the city have been overseen by programme director Philip Cotterill, a troubleshooter recruited to overhaul the department following the SWIA report last May.
He said in a report to tomorrow’s meeting that the new taskforce would “provide governance and oversight of the effectiveness” of the council in the delivery of services to children.
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