Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Children’s Services outlining the background to the preparation of the Council’s draft Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP) 2015-2019 and which seeks approval to submit the document for final approval to full Council on July 8 2015.  In addition, this report follows up the next steps to the recent Children’s Services Ofsted inspection, specifically regarding the production and submission of an action plan in response to the areas of improvement, with the Board’s approval being sought to submit the post Ofsted inspection action plan to the Secretary of State and Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector (HMCI), as required. 

Further to Minute Nos. 120, 19^th November 2014 and 189, 22^nd April 2015 respectively, the Director of Children’s Services submitted a report outlining the background to the preparation of the Council’s draft Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP) 2015-2019 and which sought approval to submit the document for final approval to the Council meeting of 8^th July 2015.  In addition, the report also followed up the next steps to the recent Children’s Services Ofsted inspection, specifically regarding the production and with the Board’s agreement, submission of a post Ofsted inspection action plan to the Secretary of State and Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector (HMCI), as required.

Regarding the draft CYPP, Members welcomed the focus being placed upon the importance of social, emotional and mental health and wellbeing outcomes and the need to ensure that young people in the city gained a ‘best start’ in life.

In response to a specific enquiry regarding the Ofsted Post Inspection Action Plan, the Board received details of the collaborative approach being taken with agencies in the field of child protection, with specific reference being made to the agencies’ attendance at initial child protection meetings.

Members highlighted the integral role played by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) and the Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TAMHS) service and discussed the pressures and challenges which were currently being faced in such areas. Furthermore, it was requested that the Board continued to be updated on such matters as and when appropriate. 

RESOLVED –

(a)  That approval be given for the draft CYPP 2015-19, as appended, to be submitted for final approval to the meeting of Council on 8^th July 2015;

(b)  That approval be given for the draft Ofsted Post Inspection Action Plan, as appended, to be submitted to the Secretary of State and the HMCI;

(c)  That it be noted that the officer responsible for such matters is the Chief Officer, Partnership, Development and Business Support.

(In accordance with the Council’s Executive and Decision Making Procedure Rules, the matters referred to in resolution (a) above, were not eligible for Call In as the power to Call In decisions does not extend to those decisions made in accordance with the Budget and Policy Framework Procedure Rules)