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Children’s social care questionnaires 2015:
what adults told us
This slide deck sets out what adults1
told us about children’s
homes2
, fostering services3
and adoption services4
.
You can find out what children and young people told us in the
accompanying slide deck.
Background
 Each year Ofsted uses online questionnaires to gather views about
children’s homes, secure children’s homes, adoption services5
, fostering
services6
and residential family centres7,8
.
 The questionnaires are for children and young people, parents, staff, social
workers and other professionals, such as independent reviewing officers.
 These questionnaires ran from 4 February to 9 May 2015 and received
responses from 27,715 individuals.
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 2
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us
How we use the information
 We use the responses, along with other information we have, such as
previous inspection findings or any concerns, to decide when to inspect
and what to focus on when we do.
 We share response summaries with providers and local authorities to help
them identify areas for improvement9
. We want the sector to know about the
issues that were important to children and adults. So this year, we have
published a data release and produced this presentation.
3
23,468 adults told us what was good and what could be
better about children’s homes, fostering services and
adoption services.10
The following slides focus on areas
that adults said could be improved. The six common
themes for improvement were.
communication and influence
environment and facilities in a children’s home
recruitment and retention of staff and recruitment of
foster carers and adopters
training for professionals, foster carers and adopters
activities for children and young people
provision of support for children and young people,
foster carers and adopters.
What adults told us could be better about
children’s social care services
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 4
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 5
Communication
and influence
 Common themes of improving communication included:
 giving adults more opportunity to provide their views and suggest areas for
improvement to the children’s home, fostering service or adoption service
 more regular and consistent communication between all teams involved with
the children, including:
 with adopters and prospective adopters
 with parents of children in children’s homes or being cared for by foster
carers, such as updates on what their child has been doing, if they’re ill or
about changes to staff
 more up-to-date information about incidents involving children
 Foster carers specifically want improved information-sharing between themselves
and the fostering service or adoption agency, particularly in relation to information
about their foster children. They want to be treated as professionals and to be able
to share their views and inform decisions about their foster children.
All groups of adults say there could be
improvements with communication or
opportunities to have an influence
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 7
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 8
Getting the right information at the right time matters to everyone involved
with children
These charts show some of the responses to the statement ‘communication is effective’11
Mostly, people get
this right but
communication
could still be
improved
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 9
Foster carers and foster children want more information about each other before they live with each other
60% 40%
Strongly
agree/agree
Disagree/
strongly disagree
Foster carer
(5,303 responses)
I was able to find out lots of useful things about my
foster child before he or she moved in or started
coming to my home for a short break.
60% 40% 54% 46%
Yes No Yes No
I was able to find out lots of useful
things about the children’s home /
fostering family before I moved in
with them or had a short break.  
Children’s
home
(1,130
responses)
54% 46%
71% 29%
Fostering
(1,215 responses)
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 10
Those who aren’t part of the staff team would like more opportunity to share
their views
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 11
What staff and panel members say would improve communication
More time for team
meetings and discussion
would promote
consistency throughout
the team. Shift patterns
make this difficult but I
do think the rota should
incorporate more team
time, which would lead to
better communication;
therefore outcomes for
the YP.
Communication is
always something that
benefits from being
frequently reviewed,
because it is easy for
individuals and groups
to make assumptions
that everyone is
involved and knows
what they need to.
At times, communication
between staff isn't being
met to a high standard
and this can make it
difficult for carers to work
effectively with one
another.
Could be a better way of
communicating information
and changes, and also consult
more with staff before
implementing changes. To
also consider more openly
staff ideas on working
differently, e.g. having a duty
system.
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What independent reviewing officers and placing social workers say would
improve communication
I would like to
receive regular
updates on how my
looked after child is
doing in placement,
appointments etc.
A lot of families and professionals
have had problems contacting the unit
by phone and new contact numbers
have not been well communicated.
There have been a lot of new staff and
I think families, the young people and
other professionals would have been
pleased to receive a picture, name and
brief pen picture of each of them.
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 13
What parents of children who live in children’s homes/visit them for short breaks say would improve communication
I would like to be
informed when staff
leave so I don't keep
talking about the
person and promising
my child that he will
see the member of
staff on his next visit.
In an ideal world I would like a
text or similar daily to know
what she has been up to -
because she lives so far away
from home, I feel that I miss
out on a lot of her life. Also
there have recently been a lot
of staff changes in the unit she
lives in and it would be good to
be kept informed of these.
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 14
What foster carers say would improve communication
Share information
about the young
people, we often feel
that we are not
given the full picture.
Sometimes treat their
foster carers a little
better as sometimes
you do feel you are
the last to be told
about decisions
made.
Involve us
more. Listen
more and take
on board what
we have to say.
Listening and respecting the
opinion of the foster carer who
knows the children best needs to
have a stronger voice as part of
the any discussions on the
children's future.
I would like to be treated
as part of the team
involved in decisions and
care for the children I
foster. I always feel like I'm
just the babysitter.
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What adopters or prospective adopters say would improve communication
It doesn't feel like the
social workers at each
stage of the process
communicate with each
other. It felt like the goal
posts were changing as I
went through the process
when, had things been
made clearer from the
outset, it would have
been easier and more
straightforward.
A little more
communication through
to approval panel
would be better. It feels
like a very lonely
journey up until that
point as you do not
really know what's
going on behind the
scenes, so a little
weekly we have not
forgotten you email
would help I think.
Communicate better
with us - maybe a
monthly email update
to let us know how
the process is going
on. We have gone
for several months at
a time with no
communication from
the agency and it
feels as though we
have been forgotten.
Environment and
facilities in
children’s homes
Professionals and parents wanted:
updated decorations and furnishings, and regular repairs and maintenance to be
carried out
improved outdoor space and more toys or games that can be used outside
equipment and toys for children that reflect their age and needs
better technology – for example, more up-to-date computers or touch screen
computers for children with communication needs
a sensory room or more sensory equipment (for homes where disabled children live or
attend short breaks)
more reliable and suitable vehicles (including those adapted to transport wheelchairs
where needed) so that children can be taken to activities and on trips more often.
Children’s homes could be ‘more homely’ and
better equipped
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 17
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 18
What adults say would improve the children’s home environment and
facilities
Although staff do their best… this
is difficult given the limitations of
the building… Perhaps children
should be consulted about this
and suggest ideas as to how to
improve the environment...
(Professional)
The grounds could be nicer -
there are fields and outdoor
spaces where some flowers or
shrubs would make the situation
more homelike and attractive.
(Parent)
Technological advancement within
the home has fallen behind the times.
It would be beneficial … to investigate
adaptive technologies and update
some outdated equipment.
(Professional)
Activities outside of the unit
could be more varied but
these are restricted by the
lack of group transport.
(Professional)
Recruitment and
retention of staff
and recruitment of
foster carers and
adopters
Most adults wanted:
better retention of good and/or experienced staff
more consistent staff teams and fewer staff changes
more permanent staff and less reliance on agency staff (although there were some
calls for pools of bank staff who could be called on to cover staff illness, holidays,
unplanned absences, etc.)
higher staffing levels, so that more children can be taken on activities or so there is
more support for challenging children; for adoption and fostering services, an increase in
staff would mean more support for to foster carers and adopters
better recruitment of staff who have the necessary qualifications, skills and experience
for their role – for example that the skills of staff recruited for a children’s home reflect the
children they are caring for.
Getting the right staff and keeping them is very
important12
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 20
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 21
What adults say would improve the recruitment and retention of staff
More consistency in staff
members being available
when child has formed good
bonds and trust.
(Professional)
Staffing can be an issue and
children's placements can get
cancelled at the last minute
leaving children upset and unsure
of their routines. (Professional)
Have more staff to manage
the current workload, so what
we do can be improved on -
more time for training, more
time for reviewing our
processes and practice.
(Professional)
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 22
What adults say would improve the recruitment and retention of staff
(continued)
We have had 3 different support
workers in 6 months and will have
yet another one at the end of this
month, due to using bank staff.
We have found this very difficult
and it means we have support
workers who don't really know us
or our child and who haven't been
on the adoption journey with us.
(Adopter or prospective adopter)
The home could inform
applicants at interview, just
how challenging the young
people they will be working
with are. I feel this could in
some cases help to stop a
high turn over of staff, which
would provide stability for our
young people. (Professional)
They wanted:
recruitment of more foster carers and foster carers who can meet the needs of
particular groups of children, for example children with complex needs, sibling groups or
older children.
recruitment of more ethnically diverse foster carers.
Fostering professionals want more foster carers
who meet specific needs
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 23
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 24
What adults say would improve the recruitment of foster carers
Being able to recruit
more foster carers with
the appropriate skills to
meet the needs of very
complex children is a
key area for the agency
to continually address.
(Professional)
Targeted recruitment for
carers who can meet the
needs of children with
additional or more
specific needs and
challenging older children
and young people.
(Professional
Explore further ways of
informing the general
public about fostering as
there is an acute
shortage of foster carers
to meet the demand.
(Professional)
They wanted:
recruitment of more adopters and more adopters who are able to adopt harder to place
children, such as those with complex needs, sibling groups or older children
recruitment of ethnically diverse adopters
promotion of the adoption service more effectively to increase awareness amongst
potential adopters and consider innovative ways to try and recruit more adopters.
Adoption professionals want more adopters who
can meet specific needs
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 25
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 26
What adults say would improve the recruitment of adopters
I feel the agency could do
more to promote
themselves, locally and
nationally. I am aware that
other neighbouring local
authority adoption agencies
place adverts/have events
to promote themselves.
(Professional)
The majority of children who wait
seem to have very complex
needs which most typical
adopters aren't equipped to deal
with. People considering adoption
should be made aware of this
national situation, and educated
in the special medical/emotional
issues the majority of children
have so they know earlier on
whether they can manage this
before they even start. (Adopter /
prospective adopter)
Training for
professionals,
foster carers and
adopters
Most groups of adults wanted:
More training to be provided and on a more regular basis, for it to be varied and updated
and to be provided by external sources.
Specialist training that reflected the specific needs of the children for foster carers,
children’s home staff and adopters.
More career progression opportunities and training that leads to formal qualifications for
staff.
Training for foster carers and adopters to be offered at more flexible and convenient times,
for example, during evenings and weekends and for training to be provided at locations
closer to where individuals live.
Foster carers to have the option to complete some training online.
Better training13
would make a difference to
children and young people
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Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 29
What adults say would improve training
More team training
and building, so
that we are all
hearing the same
thing at the same
time and enabling
us to make a more
unified approach to
some situations.
(Professional)
More training for
foster carers
especially for the
second carer who
often works outside
the home as so is not
available for the
training presently
provided. More
weekend & evening
training opportunities
are required.
(Professional)
I strongly feel that the
agency should invest
in training and
professional
development
opportunities for all
teams rather than just
for social
work/management
roles. (Professional)
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 30
What adults say would improve training (continued)
It can be some
months before the
initial training and
placement and some
kind of refresher
training would be
good... (Adopter or
prospective adopter)
Ensure that
there is more
advanced
training on offer
in order to help
work with the
more complex
placements that
are coming
through. (Foster
carer)
Ensure that training is
more targeted,
especially carers’ who
have been foster carers’
for a long time and may
have become
complacent with how to
deal with all children
and their needs.
(Professional)
Activities for
children and
young people
Professionals and parents wanted:
more – and a greater variety of – activities, both inside and outside the child’s home;
more organised events where children living with foster carers could meet with other
foster children
more activities that all children can take part in or activities that children and staff or
foster carers can do together
more day trips and holidays for children
greater encouragement for children to take part in activities
more options for children to get involved with the community – for example, attending
youth clubs or sports clubs
activities that reflect the needs of the children, such as older or disabled children
activities to be planned in advance or to be more structured.
activities that encourage children to keep fit and healthy.
Opportunities and encouragement for children
and young people to take part in fun activities is
important
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 32
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 33
What adults say would improve activities for children and young people in
children’s homes
Staff team to be more proactive in terms
of suggesting new hobbies, activities to
do, promoting healthy eating and healthy
lifestyle. Also to research local
programmes, voluntary work or
programmes that the young people can
get involved in. (Professional)
I think more activities on
offer whilst there. Pre-
planned almost so that
child knows before going
for their break that a
certain trip out is
organised. (Parent)
More outings and
activities particularly
based on individual
interests. (Parent)
Be able to access more clubs and
hobbies so as the young people
have more to entertain themselves
and improve their self-esteem.
(Professional)
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 34
What adults say would improve activities for children living with or visiting
foster carers
Where young people
choose to not engage or
be involved in activities, I
would like to feel that
more is being done to re-
engage them.
(Professional)
Possible organised
residential trips for lac,
which we feel would
benefit them by
socialising with others
who can really relate to
their emotions. (Foster
carer)
Provide more culturally
sensitive activities to
promote children's identity.
(fostering service staff or
panel member)
Do more events for older
children so that they can
meet other foster children of
their own age.
(Professional)
Provision of support
for children, young
people, foster
carers and adopters
Most adults want:
more support to prepare for independence (for children living in or visiting children’s
homes or foster carers)
more post-adoption support that can be accessed quickly and easily, and in particular
for those children and young people with complex needs (for adopted children).
Children and young people need better support
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what did adults tell us? 36
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 37
What adults say would improve support for children
Provide school support for every adoptive
child. Automatically hold
assessment/planning meetings at key
stages throughout a child's life so support
is always planned and available rather than
begged for when a crisis hits. Be more
willing to provide 'out of house'
support/therapy when the case warrants it.
(Adoptive parent)
Staff could work with
young people to prepare
them better for life outside
the home, in particular to
encourage realistic
expectations of life when
they move on from the
home. (Professional)
Professionals and foster carers wanted:
more support, understanding and listening to foster carers
better out-of-hours support
more opportunities to meet with other foster carers
more timely support to avoid placement breakdowns.
Good support for foster carers is critical
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 38
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 39
What adults say could improve support for foster carers
More understanding of
day-to-day strains and
practical support offered
before it is asked for.
(Foster carer)
It could give newly
qualified carers help to
meet up with more
experienced carers to
gain help and support.
(Foster carer)
Support carers better in
a positive way listening
to our opinions about the
child or children in our
care. (Foster carer)
More support for foster
carers with difficult
placements. (Professional)
Support foster carers
and their families more.
Act quicker when foster
carer needs support.
(Foster carer)
Professionals and adopters wanted:
more support and specialist support that relates to the adopted child
ongoing support that can be accessed at any time after adoption
more timely support that can be quickly accessed
opportunities to meet with other adopters.
Good support for adopters is critical
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 40
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 41
What adults say would improve the support for adopters
Support for adoptive parents
adopting older children 6+. Adopting
older children comes with different
challenges to those of younger
children and I feel there should be
more research and specific training
provided to cater for this. Many
adoptive parents shy away from
adopting older children but if we
were better educated about the pros
and cons and how to overcome the
challenges then perhaps more older
children would be adopted and not
be in long term foster care. (Adopter
or prospective adopter)
People are frightened to go
back to social services as they
feel they will be judged etc
BUT most children who go
onto to be adopted have had
very bad experiences in their
birth homes and therefore will
need more support etc.
(Adopter or prospective
adopter)
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 42
What adults say would improve the support for adopters (continued)
Opportunities to build
ongoing supportive
links with other
adopters at a similar
stage of the process
were missed… we do
feel that new
adopters struggle to
form the sort of
support network that
many new birth
families have.
(Adopter or
prospective adopter)
Perhaps speed up the
access to post adoption
support - from our initial
enquiry for support to
occurring was 3 months -
this may not sound like a
long time - but when
dealing day in, day out
with your child's
behaviour, it can feel like
a long time. (Adopter or
prospective adopter)
To give more
information regarding
support to adopters
after they have
adopted the children as
a lot of adopters feel
they are left alone once
they have adopted.
And it’s usually when
the children become a
little older that the
support is needed.
(Professional)
 Independent reviewing officer (IRO): The IRO’s primary focus is to quality
assure the care planning and review process for each child and to ensure that his/her
current wishes and feelings are given full consideration.
 Panel members (adoption and fostering): Legislation requires each fostering
or adoption service to appoint people to act as a panel, to review applications and
recommend which people should be approved as adopters and foster carers.
 Placing social worker: This is the child’s social worker.
 Supervising social worker: This is the social worker who supports and
supervises foster carers.
Glossary
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 43
What adults told us were areas for improvement for children’s homes, fostering services and adoption services
Ofsted on the web and on social
media
www.gov.uk/ofsted
https://uk.linkedin.com/company/ofsted
@Ofstednews
www.slideshare.net/Ofstednews
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 45
Footnotes
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 46
Slide 1
1. For children’s homes, this includes: staff; independent reviewing officers and
social workers; and parents. For fostering services, this includes: staff and
panel members; independent reviewing officers and social workers; parents;
and foster carers. For adoption services, this includes: staff and panel
members; independent reviewing officers and social workers; people who want
to or have adopted; and partner agencies and foster carers.
2. 9,353 adults responded about children’s homes.
3. 9,911 adults responded about fostering services.
4. 4,690 adults responded about adoption services.
Footnotes
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 47
Slide 2
5. In relation to children’s homes and fostering services, the responses from
children and about children do not solely relate to children looked after. A
significant number of children who are not looked after receive services. For
example, children who receive short breaks or are placed under other
arrangements. Most users of short breaks are disabled children but non-
disabled children in need may also receive short breaks. The breaks usually
have two aims: to enable the child to participate in fun, interesting and safe
activities and to provide a break for parents.
6. Voluntary adoption agencies and local authority adoption services.
7. Independent fostering agencies and local authority fostering services.
8. Due to a low number of responses to the questionnaires for secure children’s
homes and residential family centres, these have not been included in this
presentation.
Footnotes
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 48
Slide 3
9. To protect individuals’ anonymity, the summaries only include quantitative data and
only where there are 10 or more responses.
Slide 4
10. Not all audience types were asked this question. For children’s homes we asked:
staff; independent reviewing officers and social workers; and parents. For fostering
services we asked: staff and panel members; independent reviewing officers and
placing social workers; parents; and foster carers. For adoption services we asked: staff
and panel members; independent reviewing officers and placing social workers; people
who want to or have adopted; and partner agencies and foster carers.
Slide 8
11. The percentages for all questions in this slide deck do not include the ‘not
applicable’ responses or those that didn’t answer the question.
Slide 20
12. This included staff in children’s homes, adoption agencies and fostering services.
Footnotes
Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 49
Slide 28
13. This included training for all professionals and foster carers and adopters.

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What adults told us were areas for improvement for children’s homes, fostering services and adoption services

  • 1. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us This slide deck sets out what adults1 told us about children’s homes2 , fostering services3 and adoption services4 . You can find out what children and young people told us in the accompanying slide deck.
  • 2. Background  Each year Ofsted uses online questionnaires to gather views about children’s homes, secure children’s homes, adoption services5 , fostering services6 and residential family centres7,8 .  The questionnaires are for children and young people, parents, staff, social workers and other professionals, such as independent reviewing officers.  These questionnaires ran from 4 February to 9 May 2015 and received responses from 27,715 individuals. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 2
  • 3. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us How we use the information  We use the responses, along with other information we have, such as previous inspection findings or any concerns, to decide when to inspect and what to focus on when we do.  We share response summaries with providers and local authorities to help them identify areas for improvement9 . We want the sector to know about the issues that were important to children and adults. So this year, we have published a data release and produced this presentation. 3
  • 4. 23,468 adults told us what was good and what could be better about children’s homes, fostering services and adoption services.10 The following slides focus on areas that adults said could be improved. The six common themes for improvement were. communication and influence environment and facilities in a children’s home recruitment and retention of staff and recruitment of foster carers and adopters training for professionals, foster carers and adopters activities for children and young people provision of support for children and young people, foster carers and adopters. What adults told us could be better about children’s social care services Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 4
  • 5. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 5
  • 7.  Common themes of improving communication included:  giving adults more opportunity to provide their views and suggest areas for improvement to the children’s home, fostering service or adoption service  more regular and consistent communication between all teams involved with the children, including:  with adopters and prospective adopters  with parents of children in children’s homes or being cared for by foster carers, such as updates on what their child has been doing, if they’re ill or about changes to staff  more up-to-date information about incidents involving children  Foster carers specifically want improved information-sharing between themselves and the fostering service or adoption agency, particularly in relation to information about their foster children. They want to be treated as professionals and to be able to share their views and inform decisions about their foster children. All groups of adults say there could be improvements with communication or opportunities to have an influence Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 7
  • 8. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 8 Getting the right information at the right time matters to everyone involved with children These charts show some of the responses to the statement ‘communication is effective’11 Mostly, people get this right but communication could still be improved
  • 9. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 9 Foster carers and foster children want more information about each other before they live with each other 60% 40% Strongly agree/agree Disagree/ strongly disagree Foster carer (5,303 responses) I was able to find out lots of useful things about my foster child before he or she moved in or started coming to my home for a short break. 60% 40% 54% 46% Yes No Yes No I was able to find out lots of useful things about the children’s home / fostering family before I moved in with them or had a short break.   Children’s home (1,130 responses) 54% 46% 71% 29% Fostering (1,215 responses)
  • 10. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 10 Those who aren’t part of the staff team would like more opportunity to share their views
  • 11. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 11 What staff and panel members say would improve communication More time for team meetings and discussion would promote consistency throughout the team. Shift patterns make this difficult but I do think the rota should incorporate more team time, which would lead to better communication; therefore outcomes for the YP. Communication is always something that benefits from being frequently reviewed, because it is easy for individuals and groups to make assumptions that everyone is involved and knows what they need to. At times, communication between staff isn't being met to a high standard and this can make it difficult for carers to work effectively with one another. Could be a better way of communicating information and changes, and also consult more with staff before implementing changes. To also consider more openly staff ideas on working differently, e.g. having a duty system.
  • 12. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 12 What independent reviewing officers and placing social workers say would improve communication I would like to receive regular updates on how my looked after child is doing in placement, appointments etc. A lot of families and professionals have had problems contacting the unit by phone and new contact numbers have not been well communicated. There have been a lot of new staff and I think families, the young people and other professionals would have been pleased to receive a picture, name and brief pen picture of each of them.
  • 13. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 13 What parents of children who live in children’s homes/visit them for short breaks say would improve communication I would like to be informed when staff leave so I don't keep talking about the person and promising my child that he will see the member of staff on his next visit. In an ideal world I would like a text or similar daily to know what she has been up to - because she lives so far away from home, I feel that I miss out on a lot of her life. Also there have recently been a lot of staff changes in the unit she lives in and it would be good to be kept informed of these.
  • 14. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 14 What foster carers say would improve communication Share information about the young people, we often feel that we are not given the full picture. Sometimes treat their foster carers a little better as sometimes you do feel you are the last to be told about decisions made. Involve us more. Listen more and take on board what we have to say. Listening and respecting the opinion of the foster carer who knows the children best needs to have a stronger voice as part of the any discussions on the children's future. I would like to be treated as part of the team involved in decisions and care for the children I foster. I always feel like I'm just the babysitter.
  • 15. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 15 What adopters or prospective adopters say would improve communication It doesn't feel like the social workers at each stage of the process communicate with each other. It felt like the goal posts were changing as I went through the process when, had things been made clearer from the outset, it would have been easier and more straightforward. A little more communication through to approval panel would be better. It feels like a very lonely journey up until that point as you do not really know what's going on behind the scenes, so a little weekly we have not forgotten you email would help I think. Communicate better with us - maybe a monthly email update to let us know how the process is going on. We have gone for several months at a time with no communication from the agency and it feels as though we have been forgotten.
  • 17. Professionals and parents wanted: updated decorations and furnishings, and regular repairs and maintenance to be carried out improved outdoor space and more toys or games that can be used outside equipment and toys for children that reflect their age and needs better technology – for example, more up-to-date computers or touch screen computers for children with communication needs a sensory room or more sensory equipment (for homes where disabled children live or attend short breaks) more reliable and suitable vehicles (including those adapted to transport wheelchairs where needed) so that children can be taken to activities and on trips more often. Children’s homes could be ‘more homely’ and better equipped Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 17
  • 18. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 18 What adults say would improve the children’s home environment and facilities Although staff do their best… this is difficult given the limitations of the building… Perhaps children should be consulted about this and suggest ideas as to how to improve the environment... (Professional) The grounds could be nicer - there are fields and outdoor spaces where some flowers or shrubs would make the situation more homelike and attractive. (Parent) Technological advancement within the home has fallen behind the times. It would be beneficial … to investigate adaptive technologies and update some outdated equipment. (Professional) Activities outside of the unit could be more varied but these are restricted by the lack of group transport. (Professional)
  • 19. Recruitment and retention of staff and recruitment of foster carers and adopters
  • 20. Most adults wanted: better retention of good and/or experienced staff more consistent staff teams and fewer staff changes more permanent staff and less reliance on agency staff (although there were some calls for pools of bank staff who could be called on to cover staff illness, holidays, unplanned absences, etc.) higher staffing levels, so that more children can be taken on activities or so there is more support for challenging children; for adoption and fostering services, an increase in staff would mean more support for to foster carers and adopters better recruitment of staff who have the necessary qualifications, skills and experience for their role – for example that the skills of staff recruited for a children’s home reflect the children they are caring for. Getting the right staff and keeping them is very important12 Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 20
  • 21. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 21 What adults say would improve the recruitment and retention of staff More consistency in staff members being available when child has formed good bonds and trust. (Professional) Staffing can be an issue and children's placements can get cancelled at the last minute leaving children upset and unsure of their routines. (Professional) Have more staff to manage the current workload, so what we do can be improved on - more time for training, more time for reviewing our processes and practice. (Professional)
  • 22. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 22 What adults say would improve the recruitment and retention of staff (continued) We have had 3 different support workers in 6 months and will have yet another one at the end of this month, due to using bank staff. We have found this very difficult and it means we have support workers who don't really know us or our child and who haven't been on the adoption journey with us. (Adopter or prospective adopter) The home could inform applicants at interview, just how challenging the young people they will be working with are. I feel this could in some cases help to stop a high turn over of staff, which would provide stability for our young people. (Professional)
  • 23. They wanted: recruitment of more foster carers and foster carers who can meet the needs of particular groups of children, for example children with complex needs, sibling groups or older children. recruitment of more ethnically diverse foster carers. Fostering professionals want more foster carers who meet specific needs Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 23
  • 24. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 24 What adults say would improve the recruitment of foster carers Being able to recruit more foster carers with the appropriate skills to meet the needs of very complex children is a key area for the agency to continually address. (Professional) Targeted recruitment for carers who can meet the needs of children with additional or more specific needs and challenging older children and young people. (Professional Explore further ways of informing the general public about fostering as there is an acute shortage of foster carers to meet the demand. (Professional)
  • 25. They wanted: recruitment of more adopters and more adopters who are able to adopt harder to place children, such as those with complex needs, sibling groups or older children recruitment of ethnically diverse adopters promotion of the adoption service more effectively to increase awareness amongst potential adopters and consider innovative ways to try and recruit more adopters. Adoption professionals want more adopters who can meet specific needs Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 25
  • 26. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 26 What adults say would improve the recruitment of adopters I feel the agency could do more to promote themselves, locally and nationally. I am aware that other neighbouring local authority adoption agencies place adverts/have events to promote themselves. (Professional) The majority of children who wait seem to have very complex needs which most typical adopters aren't equipped to deal with. People considering adoption should be made aware of this national situation, and educated in the special medical/emotional issues the majority of children have so they know earlier on whether they can manage this before they even start. (Adopter / prospective adopter)
  • 28. Most groups of adults wanted: More training to be provided and on a more regular basis, for it to be varied and updated and to be provided by external sources. Specialist training that reflected the specific needs of the children for foster carers, children’s home staff and adopters. More career progression opportunities and training that leads to formal qualifications for staff. Training for foster carers and adopters to be offered at more flexible and convenient times, for example, during evenings and weekends and for training to be provided at locations closer to where individuals live. Foster carers to have the option to complete some training online. Better training13 would make a difference to children and young people Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 28
  • 29. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 29 What adults say would improve training More team training and building, so that we are all hearing the same thing at the same time and enabling us to make a more unified approach to some situations. (Professional) More training for foster carers especially for the second carer who often works outside the home as so is not available for the training presently provided. More weekend & evening training opportunities are required. (Professional) I strongly feel that the agency should invest in training and professional development opportunities for all teams rather than just for social work/management roles. (Professional)
  • 30. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 30 What adults say would improve training (continued) It can be some months before the initial training and placement and some kind of refresher training would be good... (Adopter or prospective adopter) Ensure that there is more advanced training on offer in order to help work with the more complex placements that are coming through. (Foster carer) Ensure that training is more targeted, especially carers’ who have been foster carers’ for a long time and may have become complacent with how to deal with all children and their needs. (Professional)
  • 32. Professionals and parents wanted: more – and a greater variety of – activities, both inside and outside the child’s home; more organised events where children living with foster carers could meet with other foster children more activities that all children can take part in or activities that children and staff or foster carers can do together more day trips and holidays for children greater encouragement for children to take part in activities more options for children to get involved with the community – for example, attending youth clubs or sports clubs activities that reflect the needs of the children, such as older or disabled children activities to be planned in advance or to be more structured. activities that encourage children to keep fit and healthy. Opportunities and encouragement for children and young people to take part in fun activities is important Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 32
  • 33. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 33 What adults say would improve activities for children and young people in children’s homes Staff team to be more proactive in terms of suggesting new hobbies, activities to do, promoting healthy eating and healthy lifestyle. Also to research local programmes, voluntary work or programmes that the young people can get involved in. (Professional) I think more activities on offer whilst there. Pre- planned almost so that child knows before going for their break that a certain trip out is organised. (Parent) More outings and activities particularly based on individual interests. (Parent) Be able to access more clubs and hobbies so as the young people have more to entertain themselves and improve their self-esteem. (Professional)
  • 34. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 34 What adults say would improve activities for children living with or visiting foster carers Where young people choose to not engage or be involved in activities, I would like to feel that more is being done to re- engage them. (Professional) Possible organised residential trips for lac, which we feel would benefit them by socialising with others who can really relate to their emotions. (Foster carer) Provide more culturally sensitive activities to promote children's identity. (fostering service staff or panel member) Do more events for older children so that they can meet other foster children of their own age. (Professional)
  • 35. Provision of support for children, young people, foster carers and adopters
  • 36. Most adults want: more support to prepare for independence (for children living in or visiting children’s homes or foster carers) more post-adoption support that can be accessed quickly and easily, and in particular for those children and young people with complex needs (for adopted children). Children and young people need better support Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what did adults tell us? 36
  • 37. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 37 What adults say would improve support for children Provide school support for every adoptive child. Automatically hold assessment/planning meetings at key stages throughout a child's life so support is always planned and available rather than begged for when a crisis hits. Be more willing to provide 'out of house' support/therapy when the case warrants it. (Adoptive parent) Staff could work with young people to prepare them better for life outside the home, in particular to encourage realistic expectations of life when they move on from the home. (Professional)
  • 38. Professionals and foster carers wanted: more support, understanding and listening to foster carers better out-of-hours support more opportunities to meet with other foster carers more timely support to avoid placement breakdowns. Good support for foster carers is critical Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 38
  • 39. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 39 What adults say could improve support for foster carers More understanding of day-to-day strains and practical support offered before it is asked for. (Foster carer) It could give newly qualified carers help to meet up with more experienced carers to gain help and support. (Foster carer) Support carers better in a positive way listening to our opinions about the child or children in our care. (Foster carer) More support for foster carers with difficult placements. (Professional) Support foster carers and their families more. Act quicker when foster carer needs support. (Foster carer)
  • 40. Professionals and adopters wanted: more support and specialist support that relates to the adopted child ongoing support that can be accessed at any time after adoption more timely support that can be quickly accessed opportunities to meet with other adopters. Good support for adopters is critical Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 40
  • 41. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 41 What adults say would improve the support for adopters Support for adoptive parents adopting older children 6+. Adopting older children comes with different challenges to those of younger children and I feel there should be more research and specific training provided to cater for this. Many adoptive parents shy away from adopting older children but if we were better educated about the pros and cons and how to overcome the challenges then perhaps more older children would be adopted and not be in long term foster care. (Adopter or prospective adopter) People are frightened to go back to social services as they feel they will be judged etc BUT most children who go onto to be adopted have had very bad experiences in their birth homes and therefore will need more support etc. (Adopter or prospective adopter)
  • 42. Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 42 What adults say would improve the support for adopters (continued) Opportunities to build ongoing supportive links with other adopters at a similar stage of the process were missed… we do feel that new adopters struggle to form the sort of support network that many new birth families have. (Adopter or prospective adopter) Perhaps speed up the access to post adoption support - from our initial enquiry for support to occurring was 3 months - this may not sound like a long time - but when dealing day in, day out with your child's behaviour, it can feel like a long time. (Adopter or prospective adopter) To give more information regarding support to adopters after they have adopted the children as a lot of adopters feel they are left alone once they have adopted. And it’s usually when the children become a little older that the support is needed. (Professional)
  • 43.  Independent reviewing officer (IRO): The IRO’s primary focus is to quality assure the care planning and review process for each child and to ensure that his/her current wishes and feelings are given full consideration.  Panel members (adoption and fostering): Legislation requires each fostering or adoption service to appoint people to act as a panel, to review applications and recommend which people should be approved as adopters and foster carers.  Placing social worker: This is the child’s social worker.  Supervising social worker: This is the social worker who supports and supervises foster carers. Glossary Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 43
  • 45. Ofsted on the web and on social media www.gov.uk/ofsted https://uk.linkedin.com/company/ofsted @Ofstednews www.slideshare.net/Ofstednews Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 45
  • 46. Footnotes Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 46 Slide 1 1. For children’s homes, this includes: staff; independent reviewing officers and social workers; and parents. For fostering services, this includes: staff and panel members; independent reviewing officers and social workers; parents; and foster carers. For adoption services, this includes: staff and panel members; independent reviewing officers and social workers; people who want to or have adopted; and partner agencies and foster carers. 2. 9,353 adults responded about children’s homes. 3. 9,911 adults responded about fostering services. 4. 4,690 adults responded about adoption services.
  • 47. Footnotes Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 47 Slide 2 5. In relation to children’s homes and fostering services, the responses from children and about children do not solely relate to children looked after. A significant number of children who are not looked after receive services. For example, children who receive short breaks or are placed under other arrangements. Most users of short breaks are disabled children but non- disabled children in need may also receive short breaks. The breaks usually have two aims: to enable the child to participate in fun, interesting and safe activities and to provide a break for parents. 6. Voluntary adoption agencies and local authority adoption services. 7. Independent fostering agencies and local authority fostering services. 8. Due to a low number of responses to the questionnaires for secure children’s homes and residential family centres, these have not been included in this presentation.
  • 48. Footnotes Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 48 Slide 3 9. To protect individuals’ anonymity, the summaries only include quantitative data and only where there are 10 or more responses. Slide 4 10. Not all audience types were asked this question. For children’s homes we asked: staff; independent reviewing officers and social workers; and parents. For fostering services we asked: staff and panel members; independent reviewing officers and placing social workers; parents; and foster carers. For adoption services we asked: staff and panel members; independent reviewing officers and placing social workers; people who want to or have adopted; and partner agencies and foster carers. Slide 8 11. The percentages for all questions in this slide deck do not include the ‘not applicable’ responses or those that didn’t answer the question. Slide 20 12. This included staff in children’s homes, adoption agencies and fostering services.
  • 49. Footnotes Children’s social care questionnaires 2015: what adults told us 49 Slide 28 13. This included training for all professionals and foster carers and adopters.

Editor's Notes

  1. * To protect individuals’ anonymity, the summaries only include quantitative data and only where there are 10 or more responses.