Agenda item

Alasdair Smith introduced the report.

Mike Crowe, service development manager introduced aspects and context around the strategy outlining the core values of the borough plan through the corporate parenting principles to ensure that everybody has responsibility for this area whether it was through the council, various partnerships and the wider corporate/ private sector.

The strategy highlighted different sources of information from children and young people i.e. from the bright spot survey or their conservations with social workers or through these meetings. It had identified six key priorities; the strategy would outline how those priorities would be delivered and achieve this on their terms.

The officers took questions from members.

Questions highlighted included the delivery of excellence for our children which outlined the 6% ratio of our children in higher education and 33% of those that had reached the standard level in reading, writing and maths in KS1 and KS2.

Andrew Fowler, head of service, children in care and care leavers also spoke about the training target group for young people - 17 to 25.

The chair requested that the strategy report should be circulated as wide as possible and send to members of cabinet for information.

RESOLVED:

1.  That the committee noted the final draft children in care and care leavers strategy, the Corporate Parenting Strategy, and plans for the finalisation and adoption of the strategy.

2.  That the committee agreed to the following:

  i.  To provide comments on the draft corporate parenting strategy

  ii.  Agreed the priority areas for the delivery of the strategy

  iii.  Agreed the delivery of the strategy and to be monitored regularly, through the workplan of the committee.

That the committee agreedto:

•  To provide comments on the draft corporate parenting strategy

•  Agreed the priority areas for the delivery of the strategy

•  Agreed the delivery of the strategy and to be monitored regularly, through the workplan of the committee.