Issue - meetings

To consider the health implications on the Safeguarding Peer Review.

The Committee considered the report of the Children Services Safeguarding Peer Review by the Local Government Association specifically in relation to the Health implications of the report and action plan developed in response to the report. The Committee was also asked to consider how the Committee might receive progress reports on the implementation of the action plan. The Deputy Director of Children Services attended the meeting to provide an overview of the report and the action plan with emphasis on the health issues.

The Deputy Director of Children Services stated that the review had been useful to highlight the strengths of services and partnerships, as well as areas which needed improving. The Peer Review Priority Action plan contained several desired outcomes with actions and success indicators for each outcome. Each action had been allocated to a named officer who was responsible for the implantation of actions and the realization of the outcomes. Monitoring of the action plan would allow scrutiny to hold officers to account for the achievement outcomes.

The report and action plan had previously been received by the Corporate Scrutiny Committee. The Committee agreed that the responsibility for monitoring the progress against the action plan should be carried out be a single committee.

RESOLVED:

(a)  That the findings of the peer review be noted.

(b)  That the Chairman of this Committee and the Chairman of the Corporate Scrutiny Committee meet to discuss Scrutiny’s approach to receiving progress reports on the action plan.