The improvements within children's services

Children’s Services are on an improvement journey following the 2017 Ofsted inspection, which judged services to be inadequate.

Over the past 18 months, the significant and ongoing impact of Covid on children and families has led to increased demand for support and services. This in turn has had a negative effect on the provider market - most significantly care provision for vulnerable and complex children which means we have had to adjust how we work to deal with the uncertainties and challenges Covid has brought. However, our ambition to offer good quality intervention leading to positive outcomes for Children and their families remains paramount.