Agenda item

The committee were provided handouts of the Southwark care leaver’s performance and outcomes.

Tom Stevenson introduced the item and addressed the point concerning quantitative and qualitative data.

The chair suggested the committee consider this item as a group discussion. 

·  What does the data tell us?

·  What are our goals and how will we achieve them?

·  Questions, discussion and next steps

Discussion points:

·  Cohort of children – triangulate data to give a better understanding

·  Pathway planning – how much work is involved in that 

·  Looking at best practice across the country

·  Goals – have to be shared priority, goals for young people 

·  Key aspirations for young people that are meaningful to them

·  Feedback given is the trust support worker – how do they provide a service and access services for young people in care and the care worker receiving a level of support as well

·  Working with colleagues in Speaker box.

Alasdair referred to:

·  Team of young inspectors and young advisors - make sure it is a proper scheme and ensure those relationships work.

·  Care leavers – through housing, accommodation issues provide key workers and focused on care leavers officers said a newly appointed young people housing practioners to help with care leavers.

·  Corporate parenting committee – monitor progress on the above.

·  Looking to recruit personal advisors (4) so the new workers appointed – to look after more complex children.

·  Specialist housing employment services.

Next part of the group discussion

·  What is going well?

·  What do we want to do better?

Noted that some of the children are doing well and have gone on to university and were doing well academically.

ACTION:

Officers agreed to provide more data to the corporate parent committee.

·  Data performance – need to be consistent on performance.

·  More varied form of housing accommodation (to address total isolation).

·  Significant number of care leavers returned to their birth families.

·  Develop children’s’ networks so they reconnect with their families.

Alasdair stated reviews are not addressed in time so the timeframe needs to be improved - need to have aspiration for our young children.

The chair thanked everyone for their input and asked members to focus on what their contribution would be for the committee and what they want to scrutinise.