Committee Remit:
(a) To actively promote real
and sustained improvements in the life chances of Looked After
Children, Children in need, Care Leavers and children and young
people in the criminal justice system and to work within an annual
programme to that end;
(b) To develop, monitor and
review a corporate parenting strategy, and ensure its effective
implementation through work plans and corporate parenting training
programmes;
(c) To seek to ensure that the
life chances of Looked After Children, Children in Need and care
leavers are maximised in terms of health, education attainment, and
access to training and employment, to aid the transition to a
secure and productive adulthood;
(d) To recommend ways in which
more integrated services can be developed across all Council
directorates, schools and other stakeholders to lead towards better
outcomes for Looked After Children, Children in Need and care
leavers;
(e) To ensure that mechanisms
are in place to enable Looked After Children, Children in Need and
care leavers, to play an integral role in service planning and
design, and that their views are regularly sought and acted
upon;
(f) To ensure performance
monitoring systems are in place, and regularly review performance
data to ensure sustained performance improvements in outcomes for
Looked After Children, Children in need and care
leavers;
(g) To receive all relevant
Children’s Services inspection and annual reports, including:
Children’s Homes Quality of Care Report; Case Practice
Reviews, Fostering Annual Quality of Care Report; Adoption
Fostering Annual Quality of Care Report; 4C’s Commissioning;
out of Area Annual Report; Annual Report of Brighter Futures (with
education); Children’s Complaints reports; and Advocacy
Annual Report;
(h) To report to the Cabinet at
least twice a year;
(i) To make recommendations to
the Cabinet where responsibility for that function rests with the
Cabinet;
(j) To report to the Children
and Young People’s Scrutiny Committee as
necessary;
(k) To recommend the
appointment of co-opted members to the Committee for approval by
Council;
(l) To develop and undertake a
programme of consultation, listening and engagement events with
Looked After Children and care leavers, as well as visits to
services providing support and advice to Looked After Children,
Children n Need and care leavers;
(m) To submit an Annual Report
on the work of the Committee to Full Council.
(n)
All Members of the Committee will be required to undertaken
relevant training to enable them to properly discharge their
duties.