Joined-up child protection inspections must hold all agencies to account, warns LGA
The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for clarity over how agencies, including the police, will be held to account as part of Ofsted’s proposed multi-agency child protection inspections.
Under the watchdog’s plans for the no-notice checks, due to come into force from June 2013, inspections will scrutinise the work of local services including social care, health, education, police, probation and the criminal justice system.
Inspectors will focus on how agencies work together to identify, help and protect children who may be at risk of harm and the two-week inspections will result in a single set of ratings for each local area.
Inspection teams will be led by Ofsted and include representatives from the Care Quality Commission, the police inspectorate, the probation inspectorate, the prisons inspectorate and the Crown Prosecution Service inspectorate.
David Simmonds, chair of the Local Government Association
