Issue - meetings

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.

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.