Issue - meetings

Report of Corporate Director of Children and Adults

Alison Michalska, Corporate Director of Children and Adults, presented the report which updated the board on the performance of the partnership in addressing the four priorities of the Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP), which are:

o  safeguarding and supporting children and families;

o  promoting the health and well-being of babies, children and young people;

o  supporting achievement and academic attainment;

o  empowering families to be strong and achieve economic well-being.

The report identified the performance measures against the outcomes within each priority and the key actions suggested to meet the objectives also included was a statistical chart which provides a comparison with the previous year, the statistical neighbour average, and the national average outturn. 

In addition the presentation was delivered summarising the actions undertaken to date by members of the Children’s Partnership Board to progress meeting the priorities, and the performance outcomes. These included:

Safeguarding and Supporting Children and Families

(a)  Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Board (NCSCB) Annual Report and Business Plan has been issued;

(b)  targets have been met regarding a reduction in the number of contacts,  assessments made within 45 days;

(c)  the number of Common Assessment Frameworks (CAFs) initiated has increased so far this year;

(d)  the number of Child Protection Plans issued is slightly above the target figure  but the number of Child protection cases has slightly decreased;

(e)  the number of Children in Care has slightly increased but remains low against those of other similar Authorities;

(f)  the proportion of care leavers in education, employment or training (EET) has improved due to an ongoing focus, although increased engagement by more partners would be welcomed;

(g)  an integrated inspection regime is potentially planned for the future;

(h)  the ‘Safe Families for Children’ pilot continues to progress well with 16 referrals to date and extra support provided to 7 families;

(i)  a Lifeline A & E pathway is in place to identify at an early stage where alcohol, drugs and substance abuse is effecting children and young people. A detailed workforce plan will be developed for 2016/17;

(j)  a Child Sexual Exploitation Co-ordinator in now in place;

(k)  the new Domestic and Sexual Violence Abuse (DSVA) Strategy has been completed;

(l)  the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) and Primary Care partners are gathering information on the most frequent reasons for children’s hospital admissions and attendances;

(m)  Paediatric emergency pathways specialist led training will be implemented from early 2016;

(n)  by June 2015 there was a 7% reduction in avoidable emergency admissions against the 2012/13 baseline;

(o)  the Home Safety Pilot Scheme has now been launched and will be evaluated in February;

Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Babies, Children and Young People

(p)  there will be a review of NUH Maternity Specialist Services;

(q)  there has been a 1% drop in take up of immunisations for Dtap/IPV/hiB, which is below the national target but partners are working together to improve take up rates;

(r)  the percentage of infants being breast fed at 6 to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 32