Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved to:-

(i)         note the content of the CPC’s Annual Report 2020-21;

(ii)        note the positive impact and effectiveness of child protection improvement initiatives detailed in the report;

(iii)       note the effective working across the partnership in Aberdeen City in relation to child protection; and

(iv)      note the use of statistical information to inform practice and improvement initiatives relating to child protection.

The Committee had before it the Aberdeen City Child Protection Committee Annual Report 2020-21, the purpose of which was to provide the Committee with information and assurance on the work of the CPC.  Graeme Simpson, Chief Social Work Officer and Vice Chair of the Child Protection Committee presented the report.

The report recommended:

That the Committee:-

(a)       note the content of the CPC’s Annual Report 2020-21;

(b)       note the positive impact and effectiveness of child protection improvement initiatives detailed in the report;

(c)        note the effective working across the partnership in Aberdeen City in relation to child protection; and

(d)       note the use of statistical information to inform practice and improvement initiatives relating to child protection.

The Committee resolved to:-

(i)         endorse the CPC’s Annual Report 2020-21; and

(ii)        agree the recommendations.