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'Serious failures' in Tameside's children's services department have left kids 'being harmed' - or at 'risk of harm' - Ofsted has said.
The watchdog has rated services 'inadequate'. The council has vowed to make improvements after inspectors highlighted 'ineffective' leadership in its latest report.
The service was deemed to 'require improvement' in 2019. Performance has since gone backwards and services have deteriorated.
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Inspectors criticised a reliance on agency staff to deal with soaring demand. The quality of children's assessments was 'not good enough' and sometimes failed to identify risk.
'Individual experiences' were not analysed properly, the report added. 'Too many children [have] experienced ongoing harm and [have] lived in neglectful situations', it said.
Ineffective senior leadership has been criticised since 2019. A new management team was brought in during a restructure in August 2023. Inspectors said the impact of that rejig was unclear when they visited in December that year.
The service was deemed inadequate in four categories - 'the impact of leaders on social work practice with children and families'; 'the experiences and progress of children who need help and protection'; 'the experiences and progress of children in care'; and 'overall effectiveness'.
'The experiences and progress of care leavers', inspectors said, 'requires improvement to be good'.
“There are serious failures that leave children being harmed or at risk of harm,” the report read. “While staff turnover has decreased, caseloads in some areas of the service have increased and there is an over-reliance on newly qualified and agency staff.
"Too many children
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