Child Protection in HCC, trends 2010/1

Sue WilliamsOperations Director, Safeguarding

Referrals to social care 2010/11

Average referrals per month 740

Initial assessments per month 5-700

Core assessments per month 300

S47s per month 140

New case conferences per month 40 children

CP plan demographics                               

   Number subject to CPP as at the end of each month June10 - May11                

                               

   Jun 2010

Jul 2010

Aug 2010

Sep 2010

Oct 2010

Nov 10

Dec 10

Jan 11Feb 11

Mar 11

April 11

May 11    

    698 677 685 624 577 553 542 536 524 518 523 504    

                               

                               

                               

 

                                                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                           

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Age Profile

  Number subject to CPP as at the end of each month June 2010 - May 2011 by age group      

                   

    Unborn Under 1 1 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 15 16+ Total  

  Jun-10 21 83 232 201 149 12 698  

  Jul-10 23 86 222 195 141 10 677  

  Aug-10 19 91 218 201 145 11 685  

  Sep-10 14 87 194 184 136 9 624  

  Oct-10 14 83 184 164 122 10 577  

  Nov-10 14 80 174 161 118 6 553  

  Dec-10 13 79 174 158 112 6 542  

  Jan-11 19 70 175 155 111 6 536  

  Feb-11 21 71 170 149 108 5 524  

  Mar-11 12 78 182 147 95 4 518  

  Apr-11 12 77 178 153 99 4 523  

  May-11 16 79 170 144 93 2 504  

  May 11 (%) 3.2% 15.7% 33.7% 28.6% 18.5% 0.4% 100.0%  

                   

  Comparator Average 09/10 (from CIN Census, CP as at 31st March 2010)

0.6% 5.1% 33.1% 30.1% 30.0% 1.2% 100.0%

 

   

Categories of AbuseNumber subject to CPP as at the end of each month June 2010 - May 2011 by category      

               

 Emotional

AbuseMultiple Neglect

Physical Abuse

Sexual Abuse Total 

Jun-10 201 95 362 19 21 698  

Jul-10 190 70 375 20 22 677  

Aug-10 196 56 384 29 20 685  

Sep-10 183 44 351 30 16 624  

Oct-10 176 35 323 27 16 577  

Nov-10 187 25 307 16 18 553  

Dec-10 180 25 304 15 18 542  

Jan-11 182 19 296 19 20 536  

Feb-11 174 7 301 20 22 524  

Mar-11 173 4 308 11 22 518  

Apr-11 189 3 300 11 20 523  

May-11 177 2 291 6 28 504  

May 11 (%) 35.1% 0.4% 57.7% 1.2% 5.6% 100.0%  

               

Comparator Average 09/10 (from CIN Census, CP as at 31st March 2010)

26.7% 5.8% 51.7% 10.2% 5.6% 100.0%

 

 

Length of Registration

         

  Children subject to a Child Protection Plan as at 31st May 2011 by length of time

         

  Length of time Number of Children   

  Under 3 Months 119    

  3 months but under 6 months 117    

  6 months but under 1 year 106    

  1 year but under 2 years 134    

  2 years but under 3 years 25    

  3 years and over 3    

  Grand Total 504   

Issues

60% children on plans for neglect

60% care proceedings neglect

Neglect predominantly linked to parental MH, substance misuse, LDs

Identification- midwifery, health visitors, schools, partnership trust

Actions on referral

File and info checks social care, health, police

Strategy meeting-single agency investigation or joint with police

Information gathering all agencies Decision for initial case

conference/legal planning meeting Multi agency case conference/plan

Working with children on a plan

Is the harm significant? Are parents/carers co-operating? Is the plan improving care of children?

If not why not? Barriers? Are parents attending appointments? Role of core group between

conferences Should children’s circumstances be

put before the Court?

Step down from cp plan

CIN or CAF?

Which professional leads?

Support for LPs

Progress sustained, universal services

Progress sliding, targeted or specialist