An Ofsted monitoring report on Devon County Council children’s services, the fifth since the local authority was judged inadequate in January 2020, has found that the “quality of social work practice across Devon remains inconsistent”.
Inspectors found “pockets of better practice” and “some positive changes” but said that weak management oversight, insufficient challenge and poor care planning all continued to cause problems.
It also said a high turnover rate in agency social work staff, who make up more than 40% of the workforce, is having an adverse impact.
