‘Inadequate’ council making headway with front door and early help services, Ofsted finds
Community Care
AUGUST 23, 2022
Ofsted has praised improvements to an ‘inadequate’ local authority’s front door and early help services, in the face of ongoing workforce instability and rising pressure on social workers due to high caseloads. A fourth monitoring visit to Middlesbrough since the council received the lowest possible grade in January 2020 focused on the front door and on child protection enquiries, child in need and early help assessments and how children were stepped up and down between services.
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