Agenda item

RESOLVED:

1.  That  the report be noted.

2.  That the director, children’s social care for future performance reports include more data, scenarios and case studies (with the anonymity of children/young persons retained). The Committee wished to see more examples and context to the statistical evidence.

3.  In discussion, the following issues were raised for inclusion in future reports to the committee by the director, children's social care:

·  Factors affecting long term stability of placements and social workers

·  Additional information on the benchmarking data

·  The correlation between children missing from placements and  poor educational performance

·  Distinction between out of borough residential placements and in borough residential placements

·  Information on the percentage of initial care plans that end up as long term care plans.