The report by Ofsted found that local authority independent reviewing officers (IROs), who are responsible for reviewing the cases of children in care, have not acted with sufficient speed to take on additional responsibilities.
Since April 2011, IROs have been responsible for monitoring children’s care plans on an ongoing basis in addition to chairing statutory reviews.
But inspectors found that IROs did not always adequately challenge drift and delay in individual plans for children.
In addition, children’s views were not always taken into full account.
Concerns were also raised that the majority of IROs had a workload that exceeded the level recommended by statutory guidance.
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