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District Council Audit Tool

By Sarah Fane and Tom Narducci (NSPCC Consultancy) September 2009

A tool to assess the effectiveness of actions taken for the purpose of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children as required by Section 11 of the Children Act 2004.

Our District Council Audit Tool (PDF, 212KB) has been developed to assist district councils in assessing how effective the actions they have taken so far have been in meeting their Section 11 duties.

The audit tool:

• identifies four statements with outcomes, which together form the main body of the tool
  
  
• signposts to those elements of evidence that district councils will need to provide in order to demonstrate their compliance with Section 11
  
  
• directs councils who have not yet completed all the steps required to demonstrate compliance to action planning, with a ‘help and guidance’ section for assistance.

Please note that this tool does not currently apply to councils in countries other than England, nor does it apply to district councils’ duties towards vulnerable adults, which exist under separate legislation and guidance.

District Council Audit Tool (PDF, 212KB)

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