October 2018 performance
We have seen a slight reduction and an initial review of the data identifies that the majority of children experiencing 3+ moves are adolescents. These children are experiencing placement moves from foster care. To better understand this cohort of children and the factors impacting on stability a thematic audit has been commissioned and the Quality Assurance Service will lead on this in the coming month. Learning from this audit will be disseminated to the operational teams.
September 2018 performance
We have seen a slight reduction and an initial review of the data identifies that the majority of children experiencing 3+ moves are adolescents. These children are experiencing placement moves from foster care. To better understand this cohort of children and the factors impacting on stability a thematic audit has been commissioned and the QA Service will lead on this in the coming month. Learning from this audit will be disseminated to the operational teams.
August 2018 performance
We have seen a slight reduction
and an initial review of the data identifies that the majority of
children experiencing 3+ moves are adolescents. These children are experiencing
placement moves from foster care. To better understand this cohort of
children and the factors impacting on stability a thematic audit has been
commissioned and the QA Service will lead on this in the coming month.
Learning from this audit will be disseminated to the operational teams.
July 2018 performance
We
have continued to see an increase in this data and this is contributed to a
shortage of placements and a competitive independent market.
May 2018 performance
We
have seen an increase in this figure and is an area to focus on to ensure that
our foster carers are supported and we are getting our matching process right.
This can be challenging with a shortage of foster placements and a competitive
independent market. Our own success on increased staying put arrangements has
meant less foster placements available for other children.
December 2017 performance
During this quarter there has been a small increase in the number of children who have had more than 3 placements during the year. We continue to work hard to reduce this and this includes careful matching of children to placements and ensuring both children and care providers are given the good level of support
Background
This measure looks at how many changes of placements happen for each child who is Looked After in West Sussex during the year.
Children needs stable placements in order to maintain healthy relationships and achieve at school. Sometimes it is necessary to move placement to better meet their needs but achieving a permanent placement is the goal for all our children who are Looked After.