Issue - meetings

On 31 January 2017, the Children’s Select Committee endorsed the Final Report of the Task Group.

It was resolved to refer the following Task Group’s recommendations to the relevant Cabinet member for response at the Committee’s next meeting on 14 March 2017.

The executive response is included in this agenda for consideration.

The Committee considered a report setting out the response of the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services to the final report of the Safeguarding Children and Young People Task Group.  It was noted that the report had been presented to this Committee at its previous meeting and had been endorsed.

The Associate Director, Operational Children’s Services drew attention to the recommendation regarding the adding of dedicated “practice weeks” to the Council’s social care learning and improvement framework.  He referred to the current programme of auditing, learning and development which allowed for a more dynamic analysis to lead directly to practice improvement.  Consideration had been given to the introduction of “practice weeks” but it was not viewed at present to be an improvement on the current programme.  However, this would be kept under review.

The Committee noted that there were a number of social work models currently implemented across the sector, many of which were subject to innovation research and analysis. Wiltshire was developing its intervention on the Relationship Based practice model and its integration into the new Children’s Services Integration (CSI) model, which it was hoped would lead to a Good rating.

Resolved:

To note the executive response to the Task Group’s final report.