Issue - meetings

The contents of this report are embargoed by the Commission for Social Care Inspection, in accordance with the Council’s Constitution (Part B, Article 14, paragraph 10.1) until after 19 July 2005.  Copies of this report will be circulated to all Members and be available on the Internet after this date.

Received a report providing a summary of the outcomes of three inspections in Children’s Services and seeking agreement of the respective Action Plans which are designed to improve the way in which services to children are provided.

The meeting was attended by inspectors from the Commission for Social Care Inspection, who presented the Children’s Services Inspection report.

Agreed, in order to help improve the services provided to children in the Borough, to:

1. Note the findings of the three inspections;

2. The Children’s Services Inspection Action Plan;

3. The Fostering Service Action Plan; and

4. The Youth Offending Team Action Plan.