Issue - meetings

(i)       to note the feedback from Members that some control actions might need to be reviewed to demonstrate the drive in the risk register to resolve the specific issue (an example given was the “Risk that the number of Senior Leadership vacancies leads to staff in posts that are not of required quality”);

(ii)       to note that officers had undertaken to consider the feedback from Members that it would be helpful for the matrix to reflect the previous year’s situation to allow for comparison and a clearer understanding of which risks had been effectively mitigated;

(iii)      in relation to page 119 of the report and the risk “The perception of failure to record incidents of violence and aggressive behaviour against school staff”, to note that the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning had undertaken to amend the wording to reflect that the while the behaviour plan had been developed completely, it was still being implemented, and so the entirety of the action was not yet complete;

(iv)      to note the feedback from Members in relation to the phrasing of the risk “Child Migration including unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people (UASC) and all families requiring resettlement or with no recourse to public funds” and that the Chief Officer – Children’s Social Work and Family Services had undertaken to review this wording for the next report;

(v)      in relation to the control actions for the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) risk, to note that the Chief Officer – Children’s Social Work and Family Services had undertaken to ensure that details were up to date in respect of those actions still to be closed off, but to note that the risk would likely be carried forward due to the timescales in relation to the Inquiry; and

(vi)      to otherwise note the Cluster Risk Registers and Assurance Maps set out in appendices A and B.

The Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director Families and Communities which presented the cluster Risk Registers and Assurance Maps in accordance with the Education and Children’s Services Committee Terms of Reference to provide assurance that risks were being managed effectively within the Education and Lifelong Learning and Children’s Social Work and Family Support Clusters.

During discussion of the report, Councillor Radley made a transparency statement as she was a Council-appointed Board member of the Governors of Oakbank School.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee note the Cluster Risk Registers and Assurance Maps set out in appendices A and B.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note the feedback from Members that some control actions might need to be reviewed to demonstrate the drive in the risk register to resolve the specific issue (an example given was the “Risk that the number of Senior Leadership vacancies leads to staff in posts that are not of required quality”);

(ii)       to note that officers had undertaken to consider the feedback from Members that it would be helpful for the matrix to reflect the previous year’s situation to allow for comparison and a clearer understanding of which risks had been effectively mitigated;

(iii)      in relation to page 119 of the report and the risk “The perception of failure to record incidents of violence and aggressive behaviour against school staff”, to note that the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning had undertaken to amend the wording to reflect that the while the behaviour plan had been developed completely, it was still being implemented, and so the entirety of the action was not yet complete;

(iv)      to note the feedback from Members in relation to the phrasing of the risk “Child Migration including unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people (UASC) and all families requiring resettlement or with no recourse to public funds” and that the Chief Officer – Children’s Social Work and Family Services had undertaken to review this wording for the next report;

(v)      in relation to the control actions for the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) risk, to note that the Chief Officer – Children’s Social Work and Family Services had undertaken to ensure that details were up to date in respect of those actions still to be closed off, but to note that the risk would likely be carried forward due to the timescales in relation to the Inquiry; and

(vi)      to otherwise note the report.