Agenda

Children and Young People's Scrutiny Panel
Monday, 3rd November, 2014 6.30 pm

Contact: Rob Mack X 2921 

Items
No. Item

1.

Welcome and Introductions

2.

Apologies for Absence

3.

Urgent Business

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business (late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with at item 14 below).

4.

Declarations of Interest

A Member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest

becomes apparent, and

 

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Members’ Register of Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interest are

defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

5.

Deputations/Petitions/Presentations/Questions

To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B,

paragraph 29 of the Council’s constitution.

6.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 67 KB

To approve the minutes of the meeting of 29 September 2014 (attached).

7.

Safeguarding Update

To receive an update from the Chair of the Local Safeguarding Children Board, Sir Paul Ennals.

 

8.

Progress on the recruitment of new in house foster carers and actions being taken to address Ofsted's recommendations for improvement of the fostering service pdf icon PDF 126 KB

To report on progress with the recruitment of new in house foster carers and actions being taken to address Ofsted's recommendations for improvement of the fostering service.

9.

Contracts in Children's Services pdf icon PDF 126 KB

 

To report on the approach to contracts within Children’s Services and, in particular:

·                The overall approach to procurement, commissioning and contract management;

·                The broad types of contracts in Children’s Services and how they are managed; and

·                The future direction of travel.

 

10.

Workplan pdf icon PDF 50 KB

To note the future workplan for the Panel.

11.

New Items of Urgent Business