attention neededat Baby p council

A new Ofsted report found three areas that required attention within Haringey’s children’s services department which was heavily criticised following the death of baby Peter Connelly in 2007.

But the unannounced inspection found progress had been made since the toddler’s brutal death which led to the sacking of social services chief Sharon Shoesmith.

Summaries of completed cases did not always show agreed plans had been carried out; outcomes of initial assessments were not “consistently being reported back”; and there were delays in passing on cases after they were first brought to the attention of social workers.