APPENDIX E
PROPOSALS FOR INVESTMENT (in year) TO ACHIEVE PIAP PRIORITIES
Proposal
Four
Assessment
QSWs
Senior
Administrative/
Management
information post
IRO service
Kinship Care
team
(recruitment to
team already
going ahead)
Purpose
To improve the timeliness of initial and core
assessments and mitigate the impact of ICS.
This small team would be peripatetic and
would be targeted at assessment teams to
backfill during training and implementation
period.
Ealing, Lewisham and Camden have all
reported a drop in performance of up to 30%
in core assessment completion rates in the 3
months following ICS implementation.
However, following the implementation phase,
the Liquidlogic /ICS system was well liked by
social workers and quality and timeliness of
assessments improved further .
To provide capacity for a centralised service
for co-ordinating and monitoring the timeliness
of all LAC reviews.incl kinship care
To promote support and increase the number
of kinship care placements available. Over
time this should reduce the need to purchase
placements out of county
1 LADDO post
(internal
secondment
currently being
advertised)
Hertfordshire APALAC-DV4-161007
Amount
£60k


Indicator/JAR
requirement
September
2007
48.6
Target by
31 March
2008
60
Target by
31 Sept
2008
65
% initial
assessments
approved in time
% core
assessments
approved in time
55.2
65
70
Lead
Head of
Fieldwork
Services
£ 7k approx

%LAC with reviews
in time
64.8
70
90
Head of Policy,
Practice and
Quality
Assurance
£70k

Extending the
range of local
placements
available
Reducing numbers
of children looked
after
Statutory
requirement to
support the
management of
allegations against
staff. Essential
component of safe
recruitment and
vetting agenda.
979
960
926
Head of
Placement and
Provider
Services

£15k

15/02/2016
Head of Policy,
Practice and
Quality
Assurance
Proposal
2 x QSW to
discharge care
orders on
children at home
where
appropriate
Purpose
2 QSW to do the work to get care orders
discharged on children and young people
placed at home
Amount
£30k
Indicator/JAR
requirement




Increase foster
and kinship
allowances to
S.E. rate plus
Government
recommendations
Independent
Support Service:
One assistant
team manager
and 6 (agency)
social workers
November 2007
to March 2008
Based on 4 months – December 2007 to
March 2008. Plan to reduce expenditure on
independent provider placements
£80k

To transfer 100 cases of looked after young
people from the LAC teams to an enhanced
ISS service.
£110k
approx (this
is based on
full agency
costs for the
period but
recruitment
would
commence
straight
away to get
permanent
staff in post)
TOTAL
£372K





Reduce number of
LAC
Allocation of LAC to
QSW
%LAC with reviews
in time
LAC participating in
review
Extending the
range of local
placements
available
Allocation of LAC to
QSW
%LAC with reviews
in time
LAC participating in
review
Care leavers with
pathway plans
%LAC with up to
date PEPS
September
2007
979
Target by
31 March
2008
960
Target by
31 Sept
2008
926
72.7
80
95
64.8
70
90
71.7
80
90
Lead
Head of
Fieldwork
Services
Head of
Placement and
Provider
Services
979
960
926
72.7
80
95
64.8
70
90
72
80
80
75.7
80
90
Head of
Fieldwork
Services
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