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ANNEX A
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL
Directory of Organisations (Statutory and Voluntary) Undertaking Social
Case Work
published under the auspices of the divisional medical officer,
health division no.
Address
(Telephone—)
to whom all inquiries on child neglect or ill-treatment and juvenile
delinquency may be addressed
(Note: There is a Divisional Co-ordinating Committee which meets regularly to
co-ordinate the efforts of the statutory and voluntary agencies in the area undertaking
work with families. The aim is to prevent the break-up of family life and the neglect
or ill treatment of children.
The members are :
Divisional Medical Officer (Chairman)
Area Children's Officer (Vice-Chairman)
Divisional Officer (Education)
District Care Organiser
Deputy Divisional Medical Officers
Divisional Administrative Officer
Divisional Nursing Officer
Divisional Treatment Organiser (Secretary)
To deal with the bulk of the case work, a case conference meets monthly and is
attended by such of the foregoing as arc more immediately concerned with the cases
to be reviewed. In addition, field workers with special knowledge of such cases are
invited to attend.
Furthermore, meetings are held at field worker level to deal either with an individual
case or a group of cases.
Where necessary representatives of voluntary bodies and of other public bodies
concerned may be invited to attend any of the foregoing meetings at which they have
a special contribution to make.)
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