Issue - meetings

 To consider performance data for looked after children as at the end of July 2012 including quarterly adoption scorecard.

The Committee considered a new format performance report centred on monitoring against an agreed set of measures relating to CiC with accompanying service and performance comments provided for context. It was intended that the new format would facilitate the monitoring of long term trends and benchmarking with other authorities.

It was updated that the number of CiC in Haringey remained on a downward trajectory although still remained significantly higher than the statistical neighbour average. The service were continuing efforts to support this reduction through division of the CiC population into defined cohorts to allow performance to be examined in greater detail and to identify any underlying trends or issues.  

The Committee queried the process for the setting of Haringey performance targets and whether in some instances they were challenging enough, such as the 95% target for CiC visits. Officers advised that Haringey specific targets were developed based on a series of principles including performance in the last year and that of statistical neighbour authorities and the resource provision of the service. A commitment was however made for a review of these targets by the CYPS Senior Management Team in conjunction with the Cabinet Member for Children as part of the transformational journey of the service toward excellence and determining what an outstanding service would look like.

With regards to the ongoing IT issue that continued to impact on the performance monitoring of CiC case reviews within required timescales, efforts were continuing to seek a resolution with the IT system provider. In the interim, local monitoring arrangements had been put in place. It was anticipated that an accurate performance figure would be reported to the next Committee meeting. 

With regards to the performance data provided for CiC visits, further clarification was requested within the comments box of future reports on the variance in timescales imposed for visits. 

The Committee extended their praise for the new format of the performance report and its ease of reading.