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The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to note that a report would be brought to a future committee with information on child to adult transitions, which would summarise the work that had been progressed;

(ii)            to request that the use of appropriate wording be reviewed within the Aberdeen City Integrated Children’s Services Strategic Plan Annual Report, specifically the use of the word obesity;

(iii)          in relation to the number of young people between the ages of 11-25 and the local suicide rate, that information be included in a future report on work that was being undertaken to try and prevent suicides;

(iv)          to note the progress made in delivering the Aberdeen City Integrated Children’s Services Strategic Plan from April 2024 to date;

(v)           to note the changes evident in data sets released over the reporting period;

(vi)          to approve the Aberdeen City Integrated Children’s Services Strategic Plan Annual Report 2023/24;

(vii)         to delegate authority to the Executive Director Families and Communities to submit the Annual Report to the Community Planning Aberdeen Board for ratification; and

(viii)       to delegate authority to the Executive Director Families and Communities to submit the Annual Report to Scottish Government pending approval from the Community Planning Aberdeen Board.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Education and Lifelong Learning, which outlined work undertaken by the Children’s Services Board over 2024/25.  The report also proposed changes to the agreed Aberdeen City Integrated Children’s Services Strategic Plan to support Community Planning Partners to positively respond to changes in published data and national policy.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)          note the progress made in delivering the Aberdeen City Integrated Children’s Services Strategic Plan from April 2024 to date;

(b)          note the changes evident in data sets released over the reporting period;

(c)          approve the Aberdeen City Integrated Children’s Services Strategic Plan Annual Report 2023/24;

(d)          delegate authority to the Executive Director Families and Communities to submit the Annual Report to the Community Planning Aberdeen Board for ratification; and

(e)          delegate authority to the Executive Director Families and Communities to submit the Annual Report to Scottish Government pending approval from the Community Planning Aberdeen Board.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to note that a report would be brought to a future committee with information on child to adult transitions, which would summarise the work that had been progressed;

(ii)            to request that the use of appropriate wording be reviewed within the Aberdeen City Integrated Children’s Services Strategic Plan Annual Report, specifically the use of the word obesity;

(iii)          in relation to the number of young people between the ages of 11-25 and the local suicide rate, that information be included in a future report on work that was being undertaken to try and prevent suicides; and

(iv)          to approve the recommendations.