Inspectors from the Care Inspectorate, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland and Education Scotland evaluated the impact of services for children and young people at risk of harm in Aberdeenshire as very good.
The inspection found that the work of staff was making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people at risk of harm. A number of areas for improvement were identified that the Aberdeenshire partnership were already aware of through their self-evaluation.
Inspectors noted that:
• Staff were using well-established child protection processes effectively to keep children and young people safe.
• A wide range of targeted and community-led initiatives provided children, young people and families with support that had made a positive difference to their lives.
• Staff worked hard to build strong relationships with children, young people and their families. Children, young people, parents and carers felt listened to, heard and supported by staff.
• Partners were enabling the active involvement of children, young people and families in service planning and improvement.
• The partnership had the collective drive and ambition to continuously improve the delivery of services for children, young people and their families, supported by well-embedded quality assurance and self-evaluation arrangements.
• Senior leaders had strategic oversight of services for children and young people at risk of harm, facilitated by clear governance structures. Staff had confidence in leadership arrangements.
• Partners had further work to do to build on their use of data to demonstrate the effectiveness of service delivery on the lives of children, young people and their families, and ensure the consistency of written assessments, plans and chronologies.
Jackie Irvine, Chief Executive of the Care Inspectorate, said: “We are pleased to report on the positive impact of services for children and young people at risk of harm in Aberdeenshire. We are confident that partners have the capacity to make changes to service delivery in the areas that require improvement.
“We will request that a joint action plan is provided that clearly details how the partnership will make improvements in the key areas identified. We will continue to offer support for improvement and monitor progress through our link inspector arrangements.”
The full report can be read here
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