In her latest report What is this plan for? The purpose and content of child in need plans, Dame Rachel de Souza examines a sample of 77 child in need plans submitted by local authorities.
She finds that in 85% of plans “it was difficult to assess what had been done to protect the child named in the plan or whether progress had been made, such was the poor quality of the actions set out”.
Nearly three quarters of planned actions for families and professionals had no timeframes for completion, making it hard to track progress between visits and review meetings, the report adds.
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