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Code of practice for the joint inspection of services to protect children and young people
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
As required under Section 1 of the Joint Inspection of Children’s Services and Inspection of Social Work Services (Scotland) Act 2006, this Code of Practice provides general guidance on matters relating to the joint inspection of child protection services. It sets out the Joint Inspection process and provides a full explanation of how personal information will be accessed and handled in full compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the principles of the European Convention on Human Rights. Under Section 1 of this Act the joint inspection team will have regard to the Code of Practice in the conduct of their joint inspections of children’s services.
Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
- Author:
- HM INSPECTORATE OF EDUCATION
- Publisher:
- HM Inspectorate of Education
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Livingston
The inspection of services to protect children in Comhairle nan Eilean Siar was carried out in October and November 2009. The inspection looked at the services provided by health, the police, the council and the Children’s Reporter. The inspectors also looked at the services provided by voluntary and independent organisations. The report describes how good they are at protecting children and keeping them safe. To find this out inspectors read a sample of children’s files which were held by these services. They talked to a number of children and their parents and carers to listen to their views about the services they had received. We also spoke to staff in these services who worked with children, parents and carers and to senior managers who were responsible for these staff and the services they provided.
Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Aberdeenshire Council area: 3 December 2009
- Author:
- HM INSPECTORATE OF EDUCATION
- Publisher:
- HM Inspectorate of Education
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Livingston
The inspection of services to protect children in the Aberdeenshire Council area was carried out in August and September 2009. Following the last child protection inspection, a detailed multi-agency action plan was developed to address key areas for improvement. Staff and managers are working hard to ensure this plan leads to positive changes for children and families. Progress has been monitored well. Improved systems are helping staff work together more effectively to meet children’s needs. Inspectors are confident that the services will be able to make the necessary improvements in light of the inspection findings. As a result, there will be no more visits in connection with this inspection. Link inspectors will maintain contact with services to support improvements.
Joint interim follow-through inspection of services to protect children and young people in the Moray Council area: 1 October 2009
- Author:
- HM INSPECTORATE OF EDUCATION
- Publisher:
- HM Inspectorate of Education
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Livingston
HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) published a report on the joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in the Moray Council area in February 2009. Working together, services within the Moray Council area prepared an action plan indicating how they would address the main points for action identified in the original HMIE inspection report. At the request of Scottish Government Ministers inspectors revisited the Moray Council area earlier than planned in June 2009 to assess the extent to which services were continuing to improve the quality of their work to protect children and young people, and to evaluate progress made in responding to the main points for action in the initial report. Overall, encouraging progress has been made in a short time in tackling concerns raised in the initial inspection report. There was an increased acceptance by senior managers across services of the need to take collective responsibility for ensuring necessary change and improvement. Within one year of publication of this report, inspectors will revisit the authority area to assess further progress made in meeting the main points for action.
Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in the Orkney Islands council area: 26 November 2009
- Author:
- HM INSPECTORATE OF EDUCATION
- Publisher:
- HM Inspectorate of Education
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Livingston
The inspection of services to protect children in the Orkney Islands Council area was carried out in August and September 2009. Senior managers are working hard to develop integrated children’s services. The Integrated Children’s Services Plan (ICSP) outlines clear improvement priorities, including those to help keep children safe and healthy. Young people have been involved in developing it. The plan is regularly monitored and reviewed and is helping to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and families. The regular reviews of children’s case records identify areas for development. As a result, improvements have been made, including increased attendance by staff at decision-making meetings. Inspectors are confident that the services will be able to make the necessary improvements in light of the inspection findings. As a result, there will be no more visits in connection with this inspection. The link inspector will maintain contact with services to support improvement.
Interim report on the monitoring of non-offence pre-referral activity to the Reporter
- Author:
- HANSON Lucy
- Publisher:
- Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
Recent years have seen ever increasing numbers of children being referred to the Children’s Reporter. For some of these children, this was not an appropriate or effective response to their needs, as they did not need compulsory measures of supervision. Government and agencies involved in the Children’s Hearings System recognised this and set up initiatives to help address this. The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) is evaluating the impact of these initiatives on referrals to the Reporter. As part of this, the number of referrals on ‘c’ lack of parental care and ‘d’ victim of a schedule 1 offence grounds and the total numbers of referrals is being monitored. This interim report gives the results of monitoring from April 2003 to September 2007.
Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in the Western Isles Council area November 2007
- Author:
- HM INSPECTORATE OF EDUCATION
- Publisher:
- HM Inspectorate of Education
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- Livingston
The inspection of services to protect children in the Western Isles Council area took place in May 2007. It covered the range of services and staff working in the area who had a role in protecting children. These included services provided by health, police, local authority and Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA), as well as those provided by voluntary and independent organisations.
Initial and significant case review protocol
- Author:
- NESCPC
- Publisher:
- North East of Scotland Child Protection Committee
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- Aberdeen
The Scottish Government has produced interim guidance for Child Protection Committees on how to conduct Significant Case Reviews. The NESCPC has adopted this guidance and will endeavour to meet the standards detailed within it. This document details how the Initial and Significant Case Review process will be implemented by the NESCPC. The Significant Case Review Portfolio group will review this Protocol annually.
The For Moray's Children Group inter-agency audit and review of child protection practice in relation to the framework for standards: summary extract report
- Author:
- THE MORAY COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- The Moray Council
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 63p.
- Place of publication:
- Elgin
The aim of this research was to examine the extent to which existing inter-agency child protection practice in Moray, (predicated upon the North East of Scotland Child Protection Committee Child Protection Guidelines), might be measured against proposed National Standards, being produced by the Scottish Executive, then in their 2nd draft. The National Standards were substantially revised in their structure; text and expression, and published as the Framework for Standards in March 2004. This summary extract of the full report presents the findings and recommendations arising from the For Moray's Children Group inter-Agency Audit and Review of Child Protection Practice in relation to the Framework for Standards and the North East of Scotland Child Protection Committee Child Protection Guidelines (NESCPC Guidelines).
A process review of the child protection reform programme
- Author:
- DANIEL Brigid
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Social research
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 117p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
A process review of the Child Protection Reform Programme (CPRP)carried out by Dundee University’s Centre for Child Care and Protection and Barnardo’s Scotland Research and Development Team is presented. The aim of the study was to investigate how the CPRP was planned and implemented, the aims in planning the programme in this particular way, and whether or not the process was successful. The research included contextual studies, interviews with professional advisors, members of the Child Protection Steering Group, policy makers and stakeholders, two focus groups with members of Child Protection Committees (CPCs), drug and alcohol action teams and service leaders from social work, police and health, and analysis of 373 questionnaires with professionals.