Agenda item

RESOLVED:

1.  That the report work programme be noted.

2.  That in addition to the programmed reports, the following be listed as items on the agenda for the next meeting of the committee:

·  The link between out of borough placements and children missing from care

·  Report back from Speakerbox meeting (which are due to meet with the committee in October 2014)

·  Factors affecting long term stability of placements (including common causes of multiple placements).

3.  That the following areas of interest also be included in the work programme:

·  Transition from Care to independent living (availability of independent living accommodation) (February 2015)

·  The effect of the recent developments in public health (transfer from NHS to council) on children in care

·  Teenage pregnancies among children in care

·  Progress reports and the measures of success for children in care

·  Feedback on work currently being undertaken by the department to improve the service

·  Education – how achievement levels can be further improved

·  Adoption challenges

·  Mentorship by members of the committee

(It may that some of the issues could be grouped. For example teenage pregnancies may be included as part of the report back on the public health function).

4.  A meeting be arranged with the committee and Speakerbox in October 2014 and that a follow up report is submitted to the November meeting of the committee.