No evidence to Case file recording is Assessment The plan has not Review records are Lack of recorded indicate difficult to understand, does not been reviewed insufficiently detailed QA activity. consideration inconsistent, or outline a clear despite this being to been given to incomplete. plan. required. enable clear planning previous and action contacts/referrals No risk analysis Doesn’t Where required, Safety plan is not Supervision does evident and identify if there is no reviewed on each not include the rationale for CP/CIN evidence of a visit to ensure it is principles of Signs decision making appropriate. pathway plan. being enacted to of Safety nor is not recorded meet the child’s need there an for safety or is not expectation of revised if not meeting work being the need (after undertaken within exploring issues of the framework, what is getting in the including SoS tools way) (as appropriate to each child/family) No evidence on No There is no Chronology is none Safety/risk, LL to evidence of existent or contains harm/danger, and demonstrate case context to the child/ YP, cut and pasted day to day safety allocated to referral their family, or records that are not not clearly qualified social included, network (when relevant to the reviewed/recorded worker, delay in despite clear appropriate) purpose of the allocation or case indication that being involved in chronology not allocated. other agencies planning and/or are involved. decision-making No evidence The care plan is Supervision is to suggest drifting directive only and child seen, or and not being does not use where they progressed appreciative inquiry have been and solution seen, no focused questioning evidence to suggest that they have been spoken to on their own. No evidence There is no or of diversity or insufficient disability issues evidence to having been demonstrate considered. that the child / YP is being visited. Assessments Recording on LL not signed off case file is by Manager. limited/absent with respect to key issues, including visits to the child Assessment not shared with family. Outcome not shared with family.
No evidence to indicate consideration been given to previous contacts/referrals Case file recording is difficult to understand, inconsistent, or incomplete. Assessment does not outline a clear plan. The plan has not been reviewed despite this being required. Review records are insufficiently detailed to enable clear planning and action Lack of recorded QA activity. No risk analysis evident and rationale for decision making not recorded Doesn’t identify if CP/CIN appropriate. Where required, there is no evidence of a pathway plan. Safety plan is not reviewed on each visit to ensure it is being enacted to meet the child’s need for safety or is not revised if not meeting the need (after exploring issues of what is getting in the way) Supervision does not include the principles of Signs of Safety nor is there an expectation of work being undertaken within the framework, including SoS tools (as appropriate to each child/family) No evidence on LL to demonstrate case allocated to qualified social worker, delay in allocation or case not allocated. No context to referral included, despite clear indication that other agencies are involved. There is no evidence of the child/ YP, their family, or network (when appropriate) being involved in planning and/or decision-making Chronology is none existent or contains cut and pasted records that are not relevant to the purpose of the chronology Safety/risk, harm/danger, and day to day safety not clearly reviewed/recorded No evidence to suggest child seen, or where they have been seen, no evidence to suggest that they have been spoken to on their own. The care plan is drifting and not being progressed Supervision is directive only and does not use appreciative inquiry and solution focused questioning No evidence of diversity or disability issues having been considered. There is no or insufficient evidence to demonstrate that the child / YP is being visited. Assessments not signed off by Manager. Recording on LL case file is limited/absent with respect to key issues, including visits to the child Assessment not shared with family. Outcome not shared with family.
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