The Board will consider a report giving key highlights from the latest performance monitoring data for the Children’s Service.
Contacts:
Joel Hanna, Head of Service, Children Looked After, Care Leavers Residential Care Homes
Vicky Metheringham, Service Director, Family Support and Child Protection
Louise Hallas, Virtual School Headteacher
Gill Addy, Designated Nurse for Looked After Children
Ian Mottershaw, Head of Service –Contextual Safeguarding and Y.E.S, Family Support and Child Protection
Minutes:
The Board considered the latest Children’s Performance Highlights Report in respect of the performance monitoring data for Children’s Services presented by: Joel Hanna, Head of Service for Children Looked After and Care Leavers, Louise Hallas Virtual School Headteacher, Gill Addy, the Designated Nurse for Looked After Children and Care Leavers, Stewart Horn, Head of Children’s Integrated Commissioning, Vicky Metheringham, Service Director - Family Support and Child Protection and Ian Mottershaw, Head of Contextual Safeguarding Service and Y.E.S. The following key points were highlighted:
· In relation to Children Entering Care, Children in Care and Placement Stability a breakdown of the 72 children were placed outside of Kirklees /more than 20 miles from their home address was to be provided to the Board to show where young people may be living with family and kinship carers.
· In relation to education outcomes, 100% of PEPs were completed within the Summer Term. Every young person was allocated to a member of the experienced Virtual School Team and their attendance, progress and attainment were reviewed enabling challenge and support in a timely manner and for all relevant interventions to be put in place.
· In relation to children looked after health data,progress being made to address the challenges faced by the Service included; bench marking across West Yorkshire, some change in working patterns including a reduction in cross-boundary working, and conversations were being held to prioritise clinicians and service delivery to increase capacity. A commitment to additional resources had been secured from the ICB and from the Local authority to enable the Looked After Health team to carry our Review Health Assessment to improve performance. Older children coming into care commonly had additional support needs and work had been done to explore if other more specialist services may be better placed to take on the IHA for this cohort.
In the discussion to follow, questions and comments were invited from Board Members, with the following issues being covered:
RESOLVED: The Board noted the Childrens’ Performance Highlights Report, and it was agreed thata breakdown of the children placed outside of Kirklees /more than 20 miles from their home address be provided to the Board.
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