From inspection to better practice

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From inspection to better practice

• Gillian Ottley, Depute Chief Inspector
• Social Work Inspection Agency

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Who are we What
we do
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• Specific inspections
• Multi agency inspections
• Performance inspections

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Improving performance
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• Information and evidence

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• desk top analysis
• fieldwork
• drafting the report

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3 Pilots

• Angus
• Fife
• South Lanarkshire

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2006-07

• Dumfries Galloway
• Inverclyde
• Western Isles
• Aberdeenshire
• East Renfrewshire

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Staff survey
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  Number of responses 757.8

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  Number of responses 670.9

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  Number of responses 679.8

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  Number of responses 755.9

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  Number of responses 692.5

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  Number of responses 607.9

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  Number or responses 735

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  Number of responses 619

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  Number of responses 729.8

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  Number or responses 721.8

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What we have learned so far

• staff are well motivated and satisfied in roles
• morale is high
• staff feel reasonably well trained and supported

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Factors that make their job more difficult

• Some staff felt levels of administrative support
• inadequate
• some felt staff capacity too low to undertake
  preventative work
• a significant number do not feel valued by
  politicians
• a significant number doubt whether there is
  effective leadership of change in their service
• do not have confidence in the leadership of
  change in their service