Matters arising
Minutes:
The Committee considered the matters arising report and received updates as appropriate:
· North London Fostering Consortium update: joint working continued between the five boroughs of the consortium including assessing the impact and costs associated with the new approach of sharing foster carers. Other profile raising initiatives were underway including the running of coffee morning information sessions and targetted work with the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community.
· Outcomes analysis of fostering week activities: clarification was required from Cllr Allison on her outstanding query on the information provided.
· NLSA procurement specialist: the successful candidate would shortly be starting in post. A report on the work on category management costs would be scheduled for Committee consideration in due course.
· Framework-i: the Committee noted the update provided on arrangements for staff at the two children’s homes in the borough to have read only access to pertinent information on the system.
· Disruption to Reg 33 visit: further details were provided and noted by the Committee on the situation that had occurred during a Reg 33 visit to one of the children’s homes in October and had resulted in the visit being cut short.