Safeguarding and looked after children

1. Safeguarding and looked after children Survey of children’s social work practitioners Results for Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council 2010 (Dud ’10) (No. of responses = 31) With comparison: Local Authorities Overall 2010 (NAT ’10) (Base = 4146) Date: May 2010

2. Survey background • This is the first annual survey of social work practitioners in every local authority in England. • The social work practitioner survey was conducted in tandem with a survey for third sector organisations. This report only shows the results from the social work practitioner survey; a separate report is available showing the third sector results. • These results will be used in the planning of inspections in the same way as other pre-inspection material, namely: • as part of preparation, as an aid to formulating hypotheses and to guide the scope of the inspection. • to help inform decision making about the scheduling of inspections. • Inspection judgements will not however be based on survey results, nor will we make comparisons between local authorities. As such, this report will only contain results for your local authority and the national results. Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 2

3. How to use this report • This report has been designed to help you easily understand and interpret the results of the survey and is intended to provide an overview of your area results in the context of the wider survey findings. • It is divided into eight sections: Induction (if applicable); training, workload, line management, organisational learning, communications, equality and diversity and the running of the service. • Anonymised verbatim comments for your LA are also available in a separate report where you can read social work practitioner’s views on the strengths and areas for improvement associated with safeguarding and looked after children in your LA. • % positive scores are featured throughout this report. These refer to the combination of positive responses e.g. strongly agree & agree. Aggregated % positive scores may vary +/- 1 percentage point after rounding. • As with any survey of this nature, we would encourage you to share and discuss these results with social work practitioners in your LA. • A total of 4146 social work practitioners took part in the survey overall, including 31 in this local authority. • Percentages do not always sum to 100%, this is due to rounding and removal of not stated responses. Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 3

4. Survey methodology • All eligible social work practitioners (defined as professionally qualified social workers registered with the General Social Care Council who work directly with children and young people) were invited to take part. • Survey completion period ran from 22nd February - 2nd April 2010. • An appointed LA contact was responsible for distributing the survey internally to all eligible social work practitioners via email. • The survey was administered primarily online. The survey was hosted by Ipsos MORI and all completed surveys were received directly back to Ipsos MORI. • Survey branded emails and letter heads were provided to help LA’s to communicate the survey internally. Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 4

5. Inductions

6. Views on workplace induction For those in post for less than 3 years: Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 6

7. About training

8. Training received Thinking about both in-house and external training when answering Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 8

9. Perceptions on the training provided The training organised for me by my local authority.... Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 9

10. Post qualifying awards Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 10

11. Workload

12. Workload Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 12

13. Views from those with insufficient time % Agree: multiple answers allowed Reasons why insufficient time to work effectively with the needs of the children and young people on your workload? Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 13

14. Managing workload Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 14

15. Support received from line managers

16. Line manager support My line manager gives me appropriate support to safeguard children and young people by helping me to… Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 16

17. Line manager support cont. Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 17

18. Organisational learning Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 18

19. About communications within and across your service

20. Communications within and across the service There is effective communication and information sharing…. Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 20

21. Views on the systems for recording and sharing information Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 21

22. About equality and diversity within your service

23. Equality and diversity Considering gender, race, and ethnicity, age, disability, faith and sexual orientation: Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 23

24. About the running of the service

25. Views on the running of the service Ofsted social work practitioner survey 2010 | 25