How an award-winning social work team keeps people safe out of hours

Hampshire County Council’s out of hours service (OOHS) is tasked with responding to urgent and emergency children’s and adult social care concerns outside of normal working hours.
The work was recognised recently when it was named team of the year at the 2025 Social Work of the Year Awards.
This followed Ofsted’s praise for its work following the inspectorate’s 2024 inspection of Hampshire’s children’s services, for which the council was rated outstanding for