Issue - meetings

(i)             to note that the Chief Officer – Integrated Children’s and Family Services would circulate information to Members outwith the meeting in relation to adoption placements;

(ii)            to note that officers would arrange a workshop and a site visit around the time of the Bairns Hoose report being presented to Committee in February 2024; and

(iii)          to note the report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Social Work Officer which presented the Annual Report for 2022/23.  The report informed Members of the role and responsibilities exercised by the Chief Social Work Officer; provided information on the delivery of statutory social work services and decision making in the period; and gave a progress report on key areas of social work provision within Aberdeen City.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee note the content of the Annual Report, as attached at Appendix 1.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that the Chief Officer – Integrated Children’s and Family Services would circulate information to Members outwith the meeting in relation to adoption placements;

(ii)       to note that officers would arrange a workshop and a site visit around the time of the Bairns Hoose report being presented to Committee in February 2024; and

(iii)      to note the report.