Agenda item

Sufficiency Strategy for Looked After Children 2018- 2022

Minutes:

This report had not been circulated five clear days in advance of the meeting. The chair agreed to accept this item as urgent as the committee were not due to meet until February 2018 and in order to progress this strategy and ensure that further input was received from the committee, the report needed to be considered at this meeting. The strategy addressed the adequate supply of high quality accommodation and support; meeting the needs of, and improving the outcomes for looked after children, young people, and children on the edge of care and as such needed to be progressed without delay.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.  That the action plan be noted. 

 

2.  That the proposed governance arrangements in paragraph 8 of the report be noted.

 

3.  That the intention to bring back an action plan to the committee on an annual basis be noted and that the first report back to the committee be received in 6 months. This six monthly report back to include:

 

·  How working across the council

·  Governance arrangements

·  Scoping out on location

·  How to shift ambition

·  How to reflect better in the action plan the ‘I’ statements

·  Request to add red, amber or green (RAG) rating to action plan when updated.

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