Service Failures in Childrens social care

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Dear Leicester City Council,
Could you answer the following questions please.

1. How many complaints has children's social services have you received from parents in 2022, 2023 and 2024 using the [email address] process. Could I have a month by month breakdown please.

2. How many professionals have put in an official complaint to children's social services in 2022, 2023, 2024. Can I have a month by month breakdown please.

3. How many stage 1 complaints have been raised in 2023 and 2024? Month by month breakdown please.
4. How many complaints were then escalated to stage 2 complaints in 2023 and 2024? Month by month breakdown please.
5. How many complaints were then escalated to stage 3 complaints in 2023 and 2024? Month by month breakdown please.
6. Who /which body overlooks children's social care to ensure it maintains quality and follows procedure
7. How does the council deal with service failures once identified
8. How does the council manage to maintain quality and accountability of it's agency social workers?
9. Agency social workers lead to more social worker changes and less continuity for families who's children are part of a CIN/CPP plan. After how many social worker changes to one family would it take for a manager to take action to ensure continuity and building trust between families and social workers.

Thanks

Yours faithfully,
N Patel

info-requests, Leicester City Council

Website: [1]www.leicester.gov.uk

E-mail: [2][Leicester City Council request email]

Our Ref: FOIA 33201

Date: 30^th October 2024

N Patel

[3][FOI #1193975 email]

Dear N Patel,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Acknowledgement

Thank you for your email of 29^th October 2024 requesting information
about childrens social care complaints.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely,

Information Governance & Risk

Leicester City Council

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E-mail: [1][Leicester City Council request email]

Website: [2]www.leicester.gov.uk

Our Ref: FOIA 33201

Date: 4^th November 2024

N Patel

[3][FOI #1193975 email]

Dear N Patel,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

Thank you for your email of 29^th October 2024 requesting information
about childrens social care complaints.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working day once
we have received the information requested below.

Your request is currently on hold, for us to continue with your request
please can you provide us with clarification:

Further to your recent request for information, please can you assist with
clarification of the following.

Questions 1 and 2 refer to specific complaint types by parents and
professional.

Questions 3, 4 and 5 then go on to ask the number at Stage 1, 2 and 3. 
Please can you confirm, is this specifically for requests submitted by
parents or all complainants?

If we do not hear back from you within one month we will assume you no
longer require the information and your request will be closed.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely,

Information Governance & Risk

Leicester City Council

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Dear info-requests,
The response to my request has been delayed. By law, the authority should normally have responded promptly and by 26 November 2024.

Could a response to this be provided urgently please.

Yours sincerely,

N Patel

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Dear N Patel

Leicester City Council responded to your request on the 4^th November,
please see the attached.  Your request has been on hold awaiting
clarification from yourself, it is not late.

Kind regards

Information Governance and Risk

Legal Services

City Hall, 4^th Floor, Rutland Wing

115 Charles Street

Leicester

LE1 1FZ

From: N Patel <[FOI #1193975 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2024 1:44 PM
To: info-requests <[Leicester City Council request email]>
Subject: RE: FOIA 33201 Request for Clarification

Dear info-requests,
The response to my request has been delayed. By law, the authority should
normally have responded promptly and by 26 November 2024.

Could a response to this be provided urgently please.

Yours sincerely,

N Patel

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Dear info-requests,
Q3, 4 & 5 refer to all complainants. Can this be broken down by parents and other complainant's please.

Thanks

Yours sincerely,

N Patel

info-requests, Leicester City Council

Dear N Patel,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Acknowledgement

Thank you for your email of 27^th November 2024 providing clarification
for your FOI request, 33201.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely,

Information Governance & Risk

Leicester City Council

From: N Patel <[FOI #1193975 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2024 2:11 PM
To: info-requests <[Leicester City Council request email]>
Subject: RE: FOIA 33201 Request for Clarification

Dear info-requests,
Q3, 4 & 5 refer to all complainants. Can this be broken down by parents
and other complainant's please.

Thanks

Yours sincerely,

N Patel

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info-requests, Leicester City Council

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Dear N Patel

Please find attached Leicester City council’s response to your recent
request for information.

Kind regards

Information Governance & Risk

Leicester City Council

City Hall, 115 Charles Street,

Leicester. LE1 1FZ