Issue - meetings

Children and Families - Performance

Meeting: 09/03/2017 - Children and Families Scrutiny Panel (Item 18)

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Report of the Service Director, Legal and Governance providing an overview of performance across Children and Families Services since December 2016, attached.

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Minutes:

The Panel considered the report of the Service Director, Legal and Governance providing an overview of performance across Children and Families Services since December 2016.

 

Hillary Brookes; Service Director, Children and Families; Phil Bullingham; Service Lead, Safeguarding, Improvement, Governance and Quality Assurance, Children's Services and Jane White, Service Lead, Children’s Social Care, were in attendance and with the consent of the Chair addressed the meeting.

 

The Panel noted the following points:-

·  February dataset, circulated at the meeting, showed improvement across a range of indicators.

·  The Panel noted a significant decline in the number of child protection conferences being completed within 15 working days, which was a concern when the number of children on S.47 Child Protection Investigations had decreased. The Panel expected to see an improvement in performance.

·  The Panel recognised the improved performance and the contribution staff had made to improve the outcomes.