Issue - meetings

Independent visitor reports

Meeting: 19/10/2017 - Corporate Parenting Advisory Committee (Item 40)

40 IRO Annual Report pdf icon PDF 612 KB

Minutes:

RECEIVED the IRO Annual Report presented by the AD Safeguarding and Social Care, Sarah Alexander. Report included in the second dispatch agenda pack (pages 1 to 19).

 

 NOTED in response to the discussion:

  • The Committee sought assurances around the performance of the IRO function, given that it was highlighted in the 2014 Ofsted report.  In response officers advised that the service had improved but that was not yet at the position that officers hoped for, particularly around escalation actions.
  • In response to a query on how the IROs were perceived by the young people, officers advised that they were perceived favourably and that for some young people it was likely to be the longest running relationship that they had with Children’s Services.
  • In response to a question, officers advised that the current caseload for an IRO was around 70 children.