Psychological well being companies for at-risk youngsters in Bexley have been praised following an inspection by a bunch of presidency watchdogs.
Workers and management throughout Bexley’s youngsters’s companies, public well being, police, well being companies and voluntary sector had been counseled in a report launched earlier this month.
It got here after Oftsed, alongside the Care High quality Fee, HMI Constabulary, Hearth and Rescue companies (HMICFRS) and HMI Probation (HMI Prob) undertook a joint inspection of the borough’s companies in January.
Their work included a self-described “deep-dive” which targeted on the response to youngsters’s psychological well being wants.
Of their report, senior management throughout the companies was described as “secure and efficient”.
“Management throughout well being commissioners and suppliers is powerful,” the report said.
Whereas the organisations talked about within the report had been largely applauded, the inspectors did spotlight areas which may very well be improved.
“Response to issues about youngsters who go lacking, or who’re liable to sexual exploitation and felony exploitation, shouldn’t be but constantly sturdy for all youngsters,” the report said, nevertheless it did state the borough was conscious of their feedback.
It added there was a scarcity of recorded data on substance misuse by youth within the borough.
