he quarter which is the highest for eight years  The number of young people with Education and Health Care Plans rose this quarter to 4,787 (this is a 9% increase compared to the same period last year) Children’s Social Care in North Yorkshire continued to be rated Outstanding in all areas when inspected in July 2023 [8]. In 2022, the number of individual children open to services in North Yorkshire was 2,505 which is a rise of 433 on the previous year. However, the number of FTE children’s social workers in 2022 was 263.20 which is a drop of 18.70 on the previous year. Therefore, caseloads have risen but the size of the workforce has not increased [3]. This is reflected in the average number of children allocated per social worker which has risen by 1.30 from 15.40 in 2021 to 16.70 in 2022 [3]. Our internal survey conducted as part of this pilot showed the current average number of children allocated per social worker to be 17.26 (data collected December 2023). This is slightly higher than the national average of 16 per FTE [9]. Table Two: Breakdown of job roles for staff working in Children’s Social Care in North Yorkshire Council by Number of Workers and Total FTE Job Role Number of Workers Total FTE Children and Families Worker 173 152.9 Social Worker 166 134.8 Practice Supervisor 75 63.0 Team Manager 27 26.8 Group Manager 13 11.5 Children and Families Support Worker 67 60.6 Leaving Care Case Worker 29 20.2 Care Worker 20 17.5 Youth Justice Officer 14 12.8 Independent Reviewing Officer 18 13.5 Early Help Consultant 29 9.5 Table 2: Breakdown of job roles for staff working in Children’s Social Care in North Yorkshire Council by Number of Workers and Total FTE Nearest Statistical Neighbours: Cheshire East, East Riding of Yorkshire, Warwickshire, Cheshire West and Ches