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COMMITTEE'S ROLE REGARDING MECHANISMS FOR MONITORING AND AUDITING SAFEGUARDING IN HARINGEY

 

 

Meeting: 25/01/2010 - Children's Safeguarding Policy and Practice Advisory Committee (Item 37)

37 COMMITTEE'S ROLE REGARDING MECHANISMS FOR MONITORING AND AUDITING SAFEGUARDING IN HARINGEY pdf icon PDF 82 KB

To consider the Committee’s priorities for scrutiny for the remainder of this Municipal Year.

Minutes:

Members discussed the role and future of this Committee. Whilst it was noted that there were a range of other mechanisms for scrutinising safeguarding work such as the Safeguarding Children’s Board, Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Executive Member for Children and Children’s Services itself, this was the only backbench Member body that examined individual cases in detail. Also the Members on this Committee had received in depth training.

 

It was considered that there was still work to be carried out and that to disband of this body would send out the wrong message. Members also agreed that in continuing the Committee’s reporting mechanisms and influence should be higher within the Council structure and that it should report direct to full Council. This would ensure that information was disseminated better to all Councillors.

 

Details of the work that the Committee had been involved with in respect of the voice of service users (children and their parents) and referrers and the tracking of cases over a period of time was noted.

 

For the future it was agreed that the Committee should focus on particular vulnerable groups of children such as the under fives. Also it was agreed to focus on groups of vulnerable children who fell just below the eligibility thresholds, by exploring the robustness of preventative services by tracking some cases. Also the transition from children’s to adult services and how children of adult service users were referred should be key areas for investigation by the Committee.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1. That Cabinet be informed:-

 

a)     that there was a need for the continuation of this body

b)     of the proposed future areas of work

c)      of the suggestion that in order to give this body more influence, it should report direct to Council.

 

2.      That officers seek approval for the Chair to give a presentation

to full Council on the work of this Committee and suggested proposals for its future.