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<p>The Government is clear that protection from abuse and neglect is a fundamental
right for all children. The Department for Education is committed to reforming the
current child protection system to make sure that children at risk of abuse or neglect
are identified early, have an assessment which is based on their individual needs
and are able to access services which promote their welfare and protect them from
harm.</p><p>The Department is improving social worker training and developing further
the skills of existing social workers so they can make the right decisions for children.
Since 2010, we have invested more than £400million in bursaries and training programmes
to attract the very best candidates into the profession.</p><p>We have also worked
closely with Ofsted to introduce a new, tougher inspection framework for children’s
services. From April 2015 this framework will be extended to identify weak interagency
working between local authorities, the police and other local agencies. Where child
protection services are judged to be not good enough by Ofsted, we are stepping in
to make sure that they improve immediately, including by establishing new delivery
models to help turn these services around where necessary.</p><p> </p>
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