Issue - meetings

(i)       to request that officers ensure there was less use of acronyms in next year’s report;

(ii)       to note the content of the Child Protection Committee’s Annual Report 2023-24, including the conclusion of the Child Protection Programme 2021-2024; and

(iii)      to instruct the Chief Social Work Officer to provide Committee with a further report in November 2025 detailing the continuing impact and effectiveness of partnership work in relation to child protection.

The Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director Families and Communities which presented Aberdeen City’s Child Protection Committee (CPC) Annual Report 2023-24 to provide 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 2023-24, including the conclusion of the Child Protection Programme 2021-2024; and

(b)      instruct the Chief Social Work Officer to provide Committee with a further report in November 2025 detailing the continuing impact and effectiveness of partnership work in relation to child protection.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to request that officers ensure there was less use of acronyms in next year’s report; and

(ii)       to approve the recommendations.