Ofsted rated Nottingham City Council's children's services as 'inadequate' in 2022
An improvement adviser appointed by the Department for Education says there remains “a lot to do” to fix Nottingham City Council’s failing children’s services. Ofsted rated the Labour-run authority’s services as ‘inadequate’ in 2022, and said children had been left at risk of harm because of the shortcomings.
Read more: Nottingham woman 'thought she was going to die' after losing 2 litres of blood in miscarriage “There is still a lot to do,” Mr Williams said. “It takes some time to fix something, some of the challenges that are here, but I think the building blocks are absolutely here.” Better partnership working with schools, which the committee was informed are becoming increasingly “stretched”, is also a priority. This is largely down to difficulties in referring pupils who may be at risk, with a lack of understanding surrounding gaining consent from parents or guardians before making a referral.
Eight new social workers roles have been created alongside a new managerial post, while six social worker apprentices started in January as part of a new scheme. “For the next three years they will be supported through the apprenticeship programme to complete their social work degree, and three years time they will be qualified social workers,” said Ailsa Barr, the director of children’s integrated services at the council.
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