Children's Social Care Improvement Adviser for South Gloucestershire Council

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Department for Education awarded a contract to Andy Gill for children's social care improvement adviser support to South Gloucestershire Council for up to 12 months, valued at £43,200.

The deployment followed Ofsted's focused visit on 09 November 2021, which found that the pace of improvement at the front door since the 2019 inspection had been too slow and that the quality of work had deteriorated in some areas.

Ofsted identified two areas for priority action: the effectiveness and timeliness with which risks to children are assessed and action taken to address known risks, and the effectiveness of senior leaders in achieving timely and consistent improvement in the quality and impact of social work practice at the front door.

The adviser was engaged to support and challenge the authority to improve its children's services, linked to the identified areas for priority action and more widely.