Forces child protection caseload threatening quality of work

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Force's child protection caseload threatening quality of work

Inspectors also raised concerns about 'inconsistencies' in the way information was passed to partner agencies.

Date - 19th January 2018
By - JJ Hutber- Police Oracle

Cleveland Police is struggling to keep up with its child protection workload, HMICS inspectors say in a review agencies response to safeguarding in the region. The joint report (carried out in partnership with Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission...

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