Agenda item

RESOLVED:

1.  That the report be noted.

2.  That officers consider the following issues raised by the committee to further improve adoption/fostering performance:

·  Use of voluntary sector network to further publicise initiatives and campaigns

·  Examination of best practice elsewhere and innovative approaches in other boroughs

·  Targets for increasing the number of adopters

·  Utilise the experience and knowledge of existing adopters/foster carers to the benefit of interested/new applicants

·  The need to further improve engagement with the black and ethnic minority community via alternative routes which might include different media outlets and churches

·  The committee to receive feedback on the analysis identified in paragraph 19 of the report. Analysis to identify gaps and how the council can improve and  market directly to prospective adopters. 

3.  That the committee receive a report back to February 2014 meeting on the circumstances that lead children being taken into care.