Looked After Children
Children who become looked after by Health and Social Care Trust's must have their living
arrangements and care plans reviewed within agreed timescales. The Trust must ensure that the
care they are receiving is safe, effective and tailored to meet their individual needs and
requirements.
To effectively support young people and children who are care experienced
in the Trust, it is essential to ensure they have a voice about the service
they receive and their wishes and feelings. To this end the MOMO (Mind of
My Own) app continues to be used to encourage positive person centred
engagement between social workers and young people. This informs the
review process.
It was anticipated that MOMO would be scaled to leaving care and aftercare
services. This has not been achieved within this reporting period due to
planned changes in workforce structure. A plan is in place to take this
forward.
Facts & Figures
In this reporting period 93.9% of looked after children within the Trust were reviewed within
regionally agreed timescales. This is a decrease from 98.2% in the previous period.
An exploration of the causes of the decrease in the number of reviews completed within
timescale has highlighted workforce pressures.
• The Trust is planning that all staff in leaving care and aftercare will be trained in the use
of MOMO following restructuring of the workforce
• Robust workforce planning will continue to support staff engagement and the recruitment/
retention of social workers.
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