Decision details

Referrals from Children's Services and Lifelong Learning Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decisions:

The Cabinet received two scrutiny reviews that had been undertaken by the Children’s Services and Lifelong Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee – Scrutiny of the outcomes for Children in Foster Care and the Youth Outreach Scrutiny Review.

 

It was noted that many of the recommendations from the Foster Care review had been implemented and this had contributed to an improved Ofsted inspection judgement.

 

Work had also commenced on the implementation of the recommendations of the Youth Outreach Scrutiny Review.

 

The Leader of the Council welcomed the scrutiny reviews and praised the work that had been undertaken by the Children’s Services and Lifelong Learning Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

 

The Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and Lifelong Learning also welcomed the reviews.  Councillor Phil Davies moved a motion, duly seconded, and it was

 

Resolved - That

 

(1)  Cabinet welcomes the reports of the Children’s Services and Lifelong Learning Overview and Scrutiny Committee on the outcomes for Children in Foster Care and Youth Outreach;

 

(2)  the Committee is thanked for these thorough, balanced and informative reviews;

 

(3)  Cabinet notes that excellent work has been done by staff in the Children and Young People’s Department in respect of the Fostering report, resulting in a much improved Ofsted assessment, and it therefore wishes to thank and commend the fostering team for this work;

 

(4)  Cabinet looks forward to the next annual report on fostering being presented to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee showing that all recommendations have been implemented;

 

(5)  Cabinet notes that progress has been made in implementing the Youth Outreach report recommendations in aligning Youth Outreach to Area Forum areas and Districts – Cabinet asks the Director to present a report in Spring 2009 showing how structural changes can be made to implement other recommendations; and

 

(6)  Cabinet also asks the Director of Children’s Services to submit a further report to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee in Autumn 2009 showing how all the recommendations in the Youth Outreach report have been carried forward.

Publication date: 18/12/2008

Date of decision: 10/12/2008

Decided at meeting: 10/12/2008 - Cabinet

Effective from: 30/12/2008

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