Care Leavers: Response to Children and Families Task and Finish Group Report
Meeting: 15/10/2013 - Cabinet (Item 73)
73 Care Leavers: Response to Children and Families Task and Finish Group Report 
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To consider the final report of the Children and Families Policy Development Group which was invited to review the Children and Families Scrutiny Task and Finish Group’s report on Care Leavers.
Additional documents:
- Care Leavers - Appendix 1, item 73
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- Care Leavers - Appendix 1(a), item 73
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- Webcast for Care Leavers: Response to Children and Families Task and Finish Group Report
Minutes:
Cabinet considered the final report of the Children and Families Policy Development Group which was invited to review the Children and Families Scrutiny Task and Finish Group’s report on Care Leavers.
The Task and Finish Group had reviewed the 16 plus service for cared for children with the aim of identifying ways to improve the outcomes of some of the Borough’s most vulnerable young adults.
Councillor P Hoyland, Chairman of the Policy Development Group, and Councillor D Neilson, Chairman of the Task and Finish Group, and Councillor Rachel Bailey, Portfolio Holder for Children and Family Services, spoke in support of the findings and recommendations of the Groups as set out in the report.
RESOLVED
That
1. the report of the Policy Development Group be noted;
2. the findings and recommendations set out in the report be endorsed; and
3. the Director of Children’s Services be asked to consider the next steps and advise on what work should now be undertaken by officers to develop the recommendations further.