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Throughout 2016, a number of new services and practices were introduced across children's services in Hampshire and Isle of Wight through funding from the Children's Social Care Innovation Programme.
In March 2015, Hampshire and Isle of Wight councils were awarded £4m by the Department for Education to develop new ways of working to reduce bureaucracy in children's social care and halt rising demand for services. The ultimate aim of the changes was to improve outcomes for children and families by enhancing the relationships they formed with social workers and other children's professionals.
Across the 18 child protection teams in the councils, around 70 personal assistants (PAs) were employed to provide administrative help, with each one supporting three children's social workers. They came from a variety of backgrounds and were given training on how social workers and child protection teams work.
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