Area Children's Partnerships
A verbal update will be provided on the Area Children’s Partnership meetings held in September.
Minutes:
A verbal update was provided with respect to the first cycle of Children’s Area Partnership (CAP) meetings that had taken place in September.
The Trust was advised that the first round of meetings had been well attended by the Core Agencies such as NHS Haringey, Police, Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Council.
An overview was given of the issues raised at each of the meetings:
South CAP
The CAP had agreed that addressing the level of children classed as Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), provisions of Family Support and children with Special Needs should be focussed on.
It was also agreed that there should be a workshop session to consider how to respond to the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JNSA).
West CAP
North CAP
It had been agreed that the following areas would be focused on; economic well-being, youth offending, crime and domestic violence. It had tentatively been agreed that a Ward based approach would be taken in order to concentrate resources where there was the greatest need.
The Chair noted that once the CAPs became more established they would elect their own Chairs and that the Chairs would have a place on the Children’s Trust.
In response to a suggestion that a Ward based approach may not fully deliver the objectives agreed and that a thematic approach would be more suitable; the Chair advised that each of the CAPs had been provided with a copy of the JSNA prior to their meetings and their agreed approach had been informed by this.
There was agreement that the CAPs should be able to demonstrate a clear link to Local Area Agreement targets when identifying their priorities and areas of work.
It was requested that the minutes of the CAP meetings were circulated to members of the Board. The Chair noted that future meetings would be arranged and clerked on the same basis as the Trust. There was agreement that Action Lists, rather than detailed minutes should be produced and circulated following each of the meetings.
RESOLVED:
That the verbal update be noted.