The Baby Peter effect is continuing to put an immense strain on children's professionals, latest Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) care application figures suggest.
The figures show the increase in care applications after details of the Baby Peter case in Haringey became public late in 2008 has levelled out. But caseloads for social workers and court guardians are still at worryingly high levels.
Care applications in the last nine months of 2009 was 46.1 per cent higher than the same period in 2008 and has not dipped below 700 cases a month since August 2009. With no reduction in caseloads in sight, children's services and Cafcass are having to adapt the way they work.
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