Child social care services

Question 1

Child social services are ran by

Answer 1

• Metropolitan districts
• Unitary authorities
• County councils
• London boroughs

Question 2

Children & Family

Answer 2

• Day nurseries (council, private or voluntary)
• Social workers (Advising & supporting families)
• Family counselling & support classes
• Refuges mothers at risk

Question 3

Children with disabilities

Answer 3

• Provided with NHS & voluntary bodies
• Day nurseries/special nursery schools
• Day centres ran by voluntary bodies
• Adaptations in the home - residential accommodation

Question 4

Child may be needing child protection if:

Answer 4

• They are orphaned, abandoned or parents can’t provide
• Is at risk, neglected or beyond parental control
• Has broken the law & been committed to the care of council

Question 5

Children at risk

Answer 5

Emergency protection order
= Used if case is very serious

Case conference
= Looks at evidence to determine the risk of significant harm

Question 6

Case Conference

Answer 6

Child can be put on child protection plan which will lay down what will be done to protect the child.

Question 7

Case conference - court order obtained

Answer 7

Child assessment order
= must be produced for assessment

Supervision order
= child remains at home under supervision

Care order
= child committed into the care of council

Question 8

Fostering & Local authority care

Answer 8

Children under care orders
- registered community children’s homes

• Foster parents
  = Get allowances 7 tax relief based on number of children they foster
  = Earn up to £10,000 a year tax free

Question 9

Fostering

Answer 9

• Temporary
  = short/long term
• Foster parents paid allowance
• Child keeps biological surname
• No legal rights over child

Question 10

LSCBs

Answer 10

• Council ra
• Councils receive early intervention grants
• Local safeguarding children’s boards
• Coordinate agencies delivering child protection services
• Monitors effectiveness

Question 11

Adoption

Answer 11

• Unpaid
• Permanent
• Children adopted via registered, voluntary agencies
• Agencies assess prospective adoptive parents
• Surname changes to new families
• Oct 2015 gov introduced plans for regional adoption agencies

Question 12

Every Child Matters Aims

Answer 12

1. increase support for families & carers
2. intervention before children reach crisis point
3. address Victoria Climbie by her guardians
4. Train, value & reward those working with children

Question 13

Regulation: Ofsted & CQC

Answer 13

• Inspects childcare, adoption & fostering agencies
• Regulates early years & children’s social care
• Inspects children’s homes & residential special schools

Question 14

Issues

Answer 14

• Child abuse
• Cross ethnic adoption
• Lack of support for children in care once they hit 18
• Low education achievement by many looked after children
• Political correctness that may discourage fostering or adoption
• Shortage of foster parents & people adopting
• Failure to protect those at risk (Baby P, Victoria Climbie)

Question 15

Children Act 2004

Answer 15

• Accommodates children with no parents
• Covers schools & social care
• Response to failings

Set up:

• Adoption agencies
• Children trusts
• Clinical commissioning groups
• NHS trusts
• Council education departments

Aim:

• Collaborate to conduct joint needs assessments
• Produce individual child protection plans