Fewer children’s social care referrals are passing ‘child in need’ thresholds
The proportion of children assessed as meeting ‘child in need’ thresholds by social services fell last year, government figures show.
The Department for Education statistics show 23% of social services assessments in 2014-15 led to a decision that a child was ‘not in need’, up from 19.4% in the previous year.
Read more in Community Care: Fewer children’s social care referrals passing ‘child in need’ threshold, figures show
