An independent review of the implementation of the inspection of local authority children's services (ILACS) framework, which was introduced in January 2018 as a replacement for the single inspection framework (SIF), found that although there was a consensus that ILACS was better than previous frameworks, a number of improvements could be made.
The report, conducted by academics at the University of Birmingham, states that: "ILACS does get closer to social workers than previous frameworks did and it results in some important insights about practice.
"However, it relies too heavily on ‘process' data and the internal workings of the organisation rather than being centred in the experiences of children and families and looking at the quality of direct social work practice."
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