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(i)             to note and endorse progress and activities against key Corporate Parenting duties;

(ii)            to note the Corporate Parenting Policy and Plan 2021-2023;

(iii)          to note the Champions Board Plan 2021-2023;

(iv)          to note the Aberdeen Care Experienced Participation Report June–December 2021; and

(v)           to note the progress update from Care Experienced Young People on delivery of the Corporate Parenting and Champions Board Action Plans; and

(vi)          to note that further opportunities for care experienced young people to share their experiences of Corporate Parenting activity would be explored, in collaboration with our young people, for a future Committee.

The Committee had before it the Corporate Parenting Annual Report which had been provided in response to the Committee’s request for an annual report on the progress of the Council’s Corporate Parenting responsibilities outlined in part 9 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

Graeme Simpson, Chief Social Work, introduced the report.

The report recommended:

that the Committee:-

(a)           note and endorse progress and activities against key Corporate Parenting duties;

(b)           note the Corporate Parenting Policy and Plan 2021-2023;

(c)           note the Champions Board Plan 2021-2023;

(d)           note the Aberdeen Care Experienced Participation Report June –December 2021;

(e)           note the progress update from Care Experienced Young People on delivery of the Corporate Parenting and Champions Board Action Plans; and

(f)             note that further opportunities for care experienced young people to share their experiences of Corporate Parenting activity would be explored, in collaboration with our young people, for a future Committee.

The Committee resolved:-

to agree the recommendations.