Decision details
Help and Support for Looked after Children and Care Leavers
Decision Maker: Joint Education, Youth & Culture and Social & Health Care Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To provide assurance on the help and support
provided to children and families to enable them to remain at home
where safe and appropriate, support to children who become looked
after, support for care leavers and the basic income
pilot.
Decision:
That the Committee support the range of services that were provided to support looked after children and the priorities for service development which centred on:-
i. Implementing an App to support engagement and the voice of looked after children;
ii. Refreshing the Corporate Parenting Strategy with an action plan for service support and delivery across portfolios;
iii. Developing a Charter for parents in and leaving care; and
iv. Producing proposals for the further expansion of inhouse residential care and fostering to support children locally.
Report author: Craig Macleod
Publication date: 29/06/2023
Date of decision: 29/06/2023
Decided at meeting: 29/06/2023 - Joint Education, Youth & Culture and Social & Health Care Overview & Scrutiny Committee
Accompanying Documents:
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