Minutes:
Alasdair Smith, director, children & families, children's and adults' services provided an update on Southwark’s Ofsted report. He gave a quote from Ofsted which was, “Southwark is a special council”
It was noted that Ofsted met with a number of young people from the borough.
Summary of points highlighted in the Ofsted report:
· Adoption was regarded as strong
· Live story work needed further development
· Fostering recruitment needed further improvement
· Foster carers should be given more training opportunities
· Relaunch of the care service
· Challenges facing permanent foster carers
The chair welcomed the points raised by Ofsted.