Issue - meetings

Report of the Assistant Director, Safeguarding, Review and Quality Assurance.

The Committee considered the report of the Assistant Director of Children’s Services (Quality Assurance and Safeguarding) that set out the summary of quality assurance activity over the last two months.

The performance Scorecard was also included and provided data and analysis of the Key Performance Indicators identified as illustrative of ‘system health’.

Members of the Committee raised the following questions/issues:

·       Members were pleased to note the greater focus on cases that were graded ‘inadequate’.

·       The amount of time taken to complete the ‘deep dive’ audits

·       The timeframe until no ‘inadequate’ practice is being noted

·       The quality assurance mechanisms that are in place.

·       Reasons for the drop in children leaving care over the age of 16 who remained looked after until age 18.

RESOLVED:

(1)          That the update be noted; and

(2)          an update be provided to the Committee at the next meeting on the reasons for the drop in numbers of children leaving care at age 16 who remained looked after until their 18^th birthday.