After a pandemic-induced hiatus, joint targeted area inspections are back. However, as Jo Stephenson reports, there are some key changes children’s services teams and practitioners need to understand.
A pilot inspection took place in Hampshire last year. Picture: Peter Sterling/Adobe Stock
A pilot inspection took place in Hampshire last year. Picture: Peter Sterling/Adobe Stock

Joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs), which look at how well different agencies work together to help and protect children, are getting under way again.

However, there are some key changes in approach local authorities and their partners need to be aware of.

Crucially, HM Inspectorate of Probation will not be taking part in JTAIs for the time being.

Together with Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, the probation inspectorate have been a key contributor since JTAIs launched in 2016.

However, the body announced in December that it would not be taking part in JTAIs or the Welsh equivalent – joint inspection of child protection arrangements (JICPA) – in 2022/23.

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