Issue - meetings

Report of the Service Director, Legal and Governance providing an overview of performance across Children and Families Services since June 2017, attached.

The Panel considered the report of the Service Director, Legal and Governance providing an overview of performance across Children and Families Services since June 2017.

Hilary Brooks, Service Director, Children and Families Services and Phil Bullingham, Service Lead - Safeguarding, Improvement, Governance and Quality Assurance were present and, with the consent of the Chair addressed, the meeting. Following discussions officers it was noted that performance continued to improve and stabilise but that there were some anomalies in the June dataset.

It was noted that timeliness for holding child protection conferences had fallen in June.  This was partly due to rising demand and necessary delays but the performance dip was also attributable to workforce issues.  To help deliver consistent standards and strengthen personal responsibility the Local Government Association have been commissioned to support the service. 

The Panel were informed that summer holidays and the Phase 3 restructure was creating challenges in the short term for the service but that, despite the inevitable dips in performance, the long term trajectory continued to be positive.

RESOLVED that the Panel requested that, in order to help enhance member understanding, the presentation on Phase 3 restructuring is circulated to the Panel.