WATE-(11) Response Historic

Require field social workers to visit looked after children every eight weeks

Recommendation

Field social workers should be required by regulation to visit any looked after child for whom they are responsible not less than once every eight weeks916. In the case of older children, they should be required also to see the child alone and at intervals away from their residential or foster home.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No formal government response has been recorded for this recommendation. No independent verification has been carried out.
Sources
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Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Inquiry Waterhouse Inquiry
Report Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report 16 Feb 2000
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Themes & Tags
Underinvestment in Children's Social Care Vulnerable child care
Recommendation age 26.3 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates