Issue - meetings

(i)           to encourage elected members who had not attended Corporate Parenting training to commit to doing so within the next twelve months;

(ii)          to request an annual update on the Council’s progress in meeting its Corporate Parenting responsibilities during the past year;

(iii)         to agree to continue to promote the Corporate Parenting agenda within Council business, by raising awareness of the issues affecting Care Experienced Young People (CEYP) and promoting service improvements which will benefit our care experienced young people; and

(iv)        to note the Life Changes Trust commitment to provide the Council with £50,000 per annum for the next two years subject to match funding. 

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Operating Officer which provided an update on how the Council have addressed and continued to meet its Corporate Parenting responsibilities under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, Part 9.

The report recommended:-

That the Committee –

(a)           Agree that elected members who have not attended Corporate Parenting training commit to doing so within the next twelve months;

(b)           Request an annual update on the Council’s progress in meeting its Corporate Parenting responsibilities during the past year;

(c)           Agree to continue to promote the Corporate Parenting agenda within Council business, by raising awareness of the issues affecting Care Experienced Young People (CEYP) and promoting service improvements which will benefit our care experienced young people; and

(d)           Note the Life Changes Trust commitment to provide the Council with £50,000 per annum for the next two years subject to match funding. 

The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to encourage elected members who had not attended Corporate Parenting training to commit to doing so within the next twelve months; and

(ii)            otherwise approve recommendations (b), (c) and (d).