Rochdale report identifies repeated 'poor practices'

A major report into child sex sexual exploitation in Rochdale identified a repeating theme of factors that it says impacted on the quality of practice in particular including:

• Policy and procedures either not available or poorly understood and implemented at the front line
• Absence of high quality supervision, challenge and line management oversight

• Resource pressures and high workload in key agencies, including CSC safeguarding teams, A&E, Police, contributing to disorganisation and at times a sense of helplessness

• Policies, culture and attitudes within many agencies which were actively unhelpful when working with adolescents
• Performance frameworks focussed on quantitative practice not on quality of practice or understanding the child's journey through services and outcomes