Contact with children supported by local authority children’s social care
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The proportion of children on a Child Protection Plan, Children Looked After and all other Children in Need who had been in contact with a social worker in the previous 4 weeks.
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Data set details
- Theme
- COVID-19
- Publication
- Vulnerable children and young people survey
- Release
- July 2022
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Percentage of children in contact with a social worker in the previous 4 weeks
- Filters
- Social care group
- Wave
- Time period
- 2020 to 2022
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | wave | csc_group | percent_of_children_in_contact_with_a_social_worker_in_the_last_4_weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 3 (4-31 May) | Children looked after | 74 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 4 (18 May - 14 June) | Children looked after | 72 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 5 (01-28 June) | Children looked after | 73 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 6 (15 June - 12 July) | Children looked after | 73 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 7 (29 June - 26 July) | Children looked after | 73 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| csc_group | Social care group |
| percent_of_children_in_contact_with_a_social_worker_in_the_last_4_weeks | Percentage of children in contact with a social worker in the previous 4 weeks |
| wave | Wave |
Footnotes
- Guidance to local authorities on the correct methodology to calculate 'other CIN' was improved in early June 2020. Local authorities were prompted again in July 2020. This may explain decreases in percentages for this group over time.
- See Methodology for the number of local authorities that responded to the question per wave.
- The survey was collected on a fortnightly basis between May 2020 and March 2021, a monthly basis between April and December 2021, fortnightly in January 2022 and then returned to monthly from February 2022. There was no collection during August 2021.
- Date of wave refers to the 'last 4-week' period.
- Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number
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