Provision of Specialist Team of Social Workers

The provision of a project team comprising a team manager and 4 social workers that will be allocated to the Single Assessment Service for up to 17 weeks to assist with the current service pressures. This team is being solely funded by an existing Department for Education Grant. Together with the provision of 2.6 fte agency social workers to bolster the work of the Safeguarding and Supporting Families Service. The teams are in post to assist the Council to improvements required by Ofsted.