A monitoring visit carried out by inspectors in June highlighted the success of the council’s response to the health crisis in its work with vulnerable children and families despite a high number of infections in the area.
Inspectors noted that short break facilities for disabled children remained open during the pandemic and children who are “seen regularly by social workers who know them well” continued to benefit from support despite lockdown restrictions.
The council was rated “requires improvement to be good” at an inspection in 2018 with Ofsted criticising high social worker caseloads, the pace at which children transitioned into care and “quality and consistency of oversight and challenge by first line managers, child protection conference chairs and independent reviewing officers”.
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