A report by the Corporate Director of Children’s Services reminded the Committee that it had previously agreed that small groups of Members would undertake a series of ‘Reality Check’ visits to enable direct engagement with frontline staff.

The reports from these visits were then presented to the Committee for consideration along with any recommendations. The following visits had been made:

• MASH 17 September 2018.  The Reality Check Visit report was appended to the report as Appendix 1

• Leaving Care Team 18 October 2017.  The Reality Check Visit report was appended to the report as Appendix 2.

• Early Childhood Service 7 December 2017.  The Reality Check Visit report was appended to the report as Appendix 3.

• Performance Dashboard 19 February 2018.  The Reality Check Visit report was appended to the report as Appendix4. 

• Cheshire Lines 30 July 2018.

Members had requested that update reports, for each visit, be presented to the Committee once a year so that Members could receive a progress report on any recommendations previously made.  It was noted that as the visit to Cheshire Lines had been recent, it had been agreed that this would not be included in this series of update reports.

The Assistant Director, Early Help and Prevention presented reports in respect of Reality Check Visits to the Integrated Front Door (previously MASH) and the Early Childhood Service and answered Members questions as appropriate.

The Deputy Director for Children presented reports in respect of Reality Check Visits to the Leaving Care Team and the Performance Dashboard and answered Members questions as appropriate.

RESOLVED:

That the reports be noted.