Issue - meetings
Children's Services Improvement Programme, Quarterly Progress Report
Meeting: 19/09/2017 - Cabinet (Item 5)
5 Children's Services Improvement- progress report PDF 166 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
DECISION
1. To endorse the progress made in delivering the children’s services improvement programme.
2. To agree the next steps in the improvement journey which will be updated on in the next report.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, CHILDREN’S SERVICES (D. JONES)
(Programme Manager, Children’s Services Improvement (A. Walters)
Minutes:
The Mayor introduced the report noting that it had already been considered by the Children’s Services Improvement Board and the Best Value Improvement Board. He reported that there had been some encouraging progress to date and that the next key point would be OFSTED’s update report to be published following their upcoming December visit.
Members discussed the report and examined a number of issues including:
· The need to improve consistency in how children were referred initially.
· Work to improve workforce stability and management oversight.
· Engagement with the improvement partner Councils.
· The additional resources that had been added to the base budget to support the improvement plan.
· The importance of the regular briefings being provided to Members as well as training sessions and opportunities for Members generally to scrutinise progress.
The Mayor welcomed the progress that was being made and noted there was still a lot to do. He agreed the recommendations as set out.
RESOLVED
1. To endorse the progress made in delivering the children’s services improvement programme.
2. To agree the next steps in the improvement journey which will be updated on in the next report.