Very true! I walked out of LA SW after 12 yrs & never went back due to management bullying, harassment, intimidation, victimisation & discrimination! It nearly destroyed me & my 20 yr SW career!

After all is said and done Children’s Services are designed and administered on a failure mode model..Where were the IRO’s?

Its notable that tackling CSE was relatively speaking a successful activity. CSE being an EU driven requirement since 2011 and not taken seriously for much of the time and until Rotherham, where agency social workers raised the alarm. Like so many Councils this is also about the poor planning for a post Brexit world. The division between elected members and Officers couldnt be worse for a profession ethically bound to tackling anti-discrimination and oppression in an area hostile, for good reason, to the EU.

Why the DCS has gone beggars belief. Requisite Organisation is premised on demonstrating the cultivation of Requisite Agility in your staff. This is basic commissioning know how. More fixes that fail, eh?

For CPD refer to 12 manage.com a free online resource for a look at Requisite Organisation/Agility it’s by the University of Utrecht. Hull University also have a dedicated school of systems science and given its just down the road I’d expect the portfolio holder to demonstrate effective leadership too and turn the Council into a Learning Organisation. That’s if failing children is to be taken seriously?

A sad state of affairs. I’ve never worked anywhere that has children on their caseload at 16 unless it’s a court team.
It is entirely possible to be GOOD and then decline in 4 years. The pressure for SW’s is unbelievably high. At least they’ve accepted the findings and are intent on doing the right thing now…

Yes ive never seen an authority with caseloads of 16. All I can think is that they average it out overall social work qualified posts? There must be some spin going on to achieve that number