Issue - meetings

This report provides an analysis of the performance data and trends for an agreed set of measures relating to looked after children on behalf of the Corporate Parenting Advisory Committee.

Mr Richard Hutton, Senior Performance Officer, presented the item and informed that paragraph 2.6 of the report should read that 59% of the total male population was shown in the graphs below and not 69%.                           

The Committee heard that:

·           There was nothing concerning reflected in the report including for the parkway plans. All staff were working to improve the plans in any case.

·           Of the new starters, there were nine male and four female infant individuals (babies) and therefore there were thirteen in all.

·           Approximately one quarter of the individuals became permanently looked after.

·           There were two age ranges which needed to be monitored. Some of the baby is born during the coronavirus crisis were going into care proceedings. If a home could not be found for those children via extended family members, then they would be part of the corporate parenting process there were also children who are arriving into care in the adolescent years who were converted into a full care order. Some come in late and move rapidly through the system.

·           There were some others in the Enfield and Hertfordshire area who are having children removed from their care repeatedly. Haringey had availability of private housing which was an attraction for other boroughs to use as a resource.

·           The corporate parenting responsibility for babies and late adolescents would likely fall to Haringey in the long term.

·           If a child was placed in Haringey by another borough which was a Looked After Child, send that child would remain the responsibility of the placing borough. However, if the child was placed and was part of a Child In Need or a Child Protection Plan followed by emerging needs, then the children would eventually become the responsibility of Haringey.

·           The phrase ‘suitable accommodation’ had a loose definition but there were some categories which defined the term differently. 

The Chair felt it was important to have communication with other boroughs.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.