Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to note the findings of the “Report of a joint inspection of services for children and young people in need of care and protection in Aberdeen” – September 2019; and

(ii)          to note that the Community Planning Partnership was required to prepare a plan detailing the action it intends to take in response to the Inspection Report within 6 weeks of its publication, has submitted this action plan to the Care Inspectorate and that this action plan be shared with Members via a Service Update.

 The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer Integrated Children’s and Family Services, which provided the Committee with independent external assurance as a result of the Care Inspectorate’s independent examination of the systems, processes and practices in place across the multi agency partnership. 

The report also reminded the Committee of the work being undertaken across Children’s Services, and how the associated actions arising from the inspection were already included in existing strategic improvement plans such as the Local Outcome Improvement Plan, Child Protection Improvement Plan and Corporate Parenting Action Plan.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)          note the findings of the “Report of a joint inspection of services for children and young people in need of care and protection in Aberdeen” – September 2019; and

(b)          note that the Community Planning Partnership was required to prepare a plan detailing the action it intended to take in response to the Inspection Report within 6 weeks of its publication, had submitted this action plan to the Care Inspectorate and that this action plan be shared with Members via a Service Update.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to thank officers for their continued efforts with the Joint Inspection; and

(ii)          to otherwise approve the recommendations.