GOVERNMENT intervention into Solihull’s children’s social care services has ended.
The Council was told to improve its provision for children following the death of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes in 2020, whose case had been handled by the department.
Since then Ofsted inspectors have reported steady improvements and in January it received a rating of Good from Ofsted.
Sir Alan Wood, who was appointed as Children’s Commissioner for Solihull and left his role at the end of April.
The authority said this happened after it was confirmed that all conditions required to remove the statutory direction had been successfully met.
Councillor Karen Grinsell, leader of the Council, said: “We are really pleased that statutory intervention is no longer required for our children’s social care. We have worked incredibly hard over the last few years to make improvements, so this is very welcome news.
“For this to happen we submitted a strong action plan to Ofsted and were able to show sustained performance across our children in care services.
“We are grateful to the support, guidance and experience from Sir Alan Wood, along with that given by our regional improvement partner Birmingham Children’s Trust.
“Children and young people are at the heart of everything we do in Solihull. We are excited about driving continued improvements and implementing the government’s social care reforms, so that residents receive the services they deserve.”
