Authors Rick Hood, Allie Goldacre, Robert Grant and Ray Jones
Published by British Journal of Social Work, May 2016
SUMMARY
A team of researchers from Kingston University and the University of London wanted to map demand for, and provision of, services in the child protection system. They were interested in finding out how statutory agencies responded to fluctuations in demand, as well as how changes in demand can affect provision. In England, demand for child protection services comes in the form of referrals, with a series of thresholds designed to filter cases and ensure the right kind of provision for each.
The team used performance indicators from 2001 to 2014 for 152 local authorities to build a picture of the workings of the system as a whole. This included looking at data from the annual Children in Need census. Indicators included number of referrals, caseloads, social work vacancies and number of child protection conferences.
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