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Apologies To receive any apologies for absence from Councillors. Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillors Geary and Lewis. Councillor Dr Rice was absent. |
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Substitute Members To receive information on any changes in the membership of the Committee.
Note – When a member of a Committee is unable to attend a meeting of a Committee or Sub-Committee, the relevant Political Group Leader (or their nominated representative) may, by notice to the Monitoring Officer (or their nominated representative) prior to the meeting, appoint a substitute member from within the same Political Group. The contact details on the front of this agenda should be used for notifications.
Minutes: Councillors Farquhar and Hilliard substituted Councillors Lewis and Geary. |
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Declarations of Interests Councillors are requested to declare any interests on items included in this agenda. Please refer to the workflow on the preceding page for guidance. Declarations received will be reported at the meeting. Minutes: Councillor Hilliard declared an interest as Chair of Governors at Highcliffe School. |
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Confirmation of Minutes To confirm and sign as a correct record the minutes of the Meeting held on 8 June 2021. Minutes: RESOLVED that the Minutes of the Children’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 8 June 2021, having been previously circulated, be confirmed as read, accurate and signed by the Chair subject to the amendment of the spelling of Councillor Rocca’s surname. |
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Minutes: The Chair advised that any outstanding actions were being progressed and an information only report would be circulated after the Committee in relation to an update on Child Exploitation and County Lines. |
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Public Issues To receive any public questions, statements or petitions submitted in accordance with the Constitution, which is available to view at the following link:
https://democracy.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CommitteeID=151&Info=1&bcr=1
The deadline for the submission of a public question is 4 clear working days before the meeting. The deadline for the submission of a public statement is midday the working day before the meeting. The deadline for the submission of a petition is 10 working days before the meeting.
Minutes: There were no public issues received on this occasion. |
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Update on SEND Ofsted Inspection To receive a verbal update on the recent SEND Ofsted Inspection. Minutes: The Interim Corporate Director, Children’s Services was due to provide a verbal update on the SEND Ofsted Inspection, however advised that the Service had not received the written outcome so there was no information that could be shared at this time. It was noted that the SEND Improvement Board and Plan were in place and that the inspection had focused on those areas.
The Committee discussed the timescales for when Member briefings could take place and the process that would be followed upon receiving the initial letter and was advised that Member briefings would hopefully be arranged for early September.
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Covid Recovery - The Summer Offer This report outlines the Offer for vulnerable young people in BCP during the Summer holiday. The Summer Offer will look to address mental health, gaps in learning, the lack of preparation for secondary school, exploitation and knife crime as well as ensuring that families have food during this period. Minutes: The Director of Education presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'B' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.
The report outlined the Offer for vulnerable young people in BCP during the summer holiday. The Summer Offer looked to address mental health, gaps in learning, the lack of preparation for secondary school, exploitation and knife crime as well as ensuring that families have food during this period.
The Committee discussed the Report and comments were made, including:
The Chair summarised the discussion as follows:
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Partnership Academy development – Social Work initiative To provide an update on progress of improvement work regarding the development of the Children’s Services Partnership Academy. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Head of Quality Assurance, Governance and Improvement presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'A' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.
To provide an update on progress of improvement work regarding the development of the Children’s Services Partnership Academy.
The Committee discussed the Report and comments were made, including:
The Chair summarised the discussions as follows:
RESOLVED that the content of this report was accepted as an update on progress to date.
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Portfolio Holder Update To receive a verbal update from the Portfolio Holders. Minutes: The Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Covid Resilience, Schools and Skills highlighted that it had been an extraordinary year for children and young people across BCP and wanted to recognise the work of the professionals who worked with them and acknowledge that support for the children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing would be a main priority moving forward. |
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Items for Information Any information only items will be circulated after the Committee. Minutes: The Chair advised that there would be an information only item circulated following the Committee regarding Child Exploitation. |
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To consider the Committee’s Forward Plan. Minutes: The Chair requested a briefing for the Committee to be informed regarding the Social Work website.
In response to a request that future items being considered at Committee could demonstrate how any work being undertaken was giving consideration to the recently considered Children’s and Young People Plan, the Chair advised he would discuss this further with Officers. ACTION. |
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Dates of Future Meetings To note the dates of future Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committees as follows:
· 21 September 2021 · 23 November 2021 · 25 January 2022 · 22 March 2022
All meetings will commence at 6pm and venues to be confirmed.
Minutes: The Committee noted the dates of future meetings. |