Issue - meetings

(i)       to note that the Chief Social Work Officer would organise a briefing session for Members on the work of the Child Protection Committee and any other areas of child protection that Members would find helpful;

(ii)       to note the content of the CPC’s Annual Report 2021-22, including the Child Protection Programme 2021-2024; and

(iii)      to instruct the Chief Social Work Officer to provide Committee with a further report in 2024 detailing the continuing impact and effectiveness of partnership work in relation to child protection.

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Director of Children’s and Family Services which presented the Aberdeen City Child Protection Committee’s (CPC) Annual Report 2021-22 to provide Members with assurance that the work of the CPC was effectively helping reduce risks to children and young people.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the content of the CPC’s Annual Report 2021-22, including the Child Protection Programme 2021-2024; and

(b)      instruct the Chief Social Work Officer to provide Committee with a further report in 2024 detailing the continuing impact and effectiveness of partnership work in relation to child protection.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that the Chief Social Work Officer would organise a briefing session for Members on the work of the Child Protection Committee and any other areas of child protection that Members would find helpful; and

(ii)       to approve the recommendations.