Issue - meetings

To consider any new items of Urgent Business admitted under Item 3 above.

None.

*At this point of the meeting, the Chair welcomed the Partnership to comment on Any Other Business.

Any other business

Ann Graham, Director of Children’s Services, informed the Partnership that she had visited the Feltham Young Offender Institute to investigate on what would be required for the resettlement of young offenders to prevent re-offending. This matter would be raised at the Youth Justice Board for discussion, and then a report would be provided at future CSP meeting, although at present a timescale could not be provided (Action: Ann Graham).

The Cabinet Member for Communities and Equalities requested a future item for a CSP meeting to be around re-housing of families and young people in the community under the threat of violent reprisals and asked for colleagues from Homes for Haringey to provide a report around this matter, particularly structures in place around learning (Action: Eubert Malcolm / Homes for Haringey).

At 15:32 Beverley Hendricks, Assistant Director for Safeguarding & Social Care, arrived at the meeting.

Regarding the Green Book, the AD for Safeguarding & Social Care advised the Partnership to email for any queries.

The Senior Tottenham Community Safety Manager introduced two young Apprentices to the Partnership and asked whether the Apprentices could briefly discuss their views regarding engagement with young people. The Apprentices were invited by the Chair to put forward their views.  The Apprentices highlighted the following points:

• Young people needed to be understood, for example why young people carried knives
• It was crucial to build rapport and trust with young people, especially between young people and the police
• Regarding the mental health of young people, it was important that young people were not judged

The Chair thanked the Apprentices for their views. The Partnership welcomed the Apprentices to the Council.