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Minutes:
The Trust received a report setting out proposals for the implementation of Haringey’s Children’s Trust Board as a Theme Board to replace the Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership Board within the Haringey Strategic Partnership structure.
The Chair noted that the developmental session, which had taken place to look at the formation of Trust in more detail, had been useful and thanked members of the Board for their attendance.
A summary of the Government’s response to Lord Laming’s report had been published on 6 May that provided further clarity around the role and functions of Children’s Trusts and an overview was provided of these. It was noted that there areas that would require further discussion to determine how they would be implemented in Haringey.
There had been agreement that the three sub-groups reporting to the Children’s Trust would be formed on a geographical basis and would be known as the North, West and South Children’s Partnerships. These would now be clerked by the Council’s Members Service Team and would produce agendas and minutes that would be form a clear audit trail.
The Trust discussed the ‘strap line’ that would be used to express the Trusts’ key intentions and there was agreement that the following wording should be adopted:
‘Working together for the children of Haringey’
In response to a suggestion that the Youth Offending Partnership Group should report to the Children’s Trust, as well as the Safer Communities Executive Board (SCEB), the Chair noted that this although it was not explicitly set out in the report this would be picked up by the Children’s Partnerships.
In response to a request that Councillors and NHS Non-Executive Directors should be included within the induction and training programme the Trust was advised that provision was being made for this. There would be a focus on producing an induction programme for staff across statutory organisations working with children.
With respect to the Membership of the Trust the Chair noted that Councillor Gail Enghert had accepted a place on the Trust and would be attending the next meeting. Unfortunately this meeting had clashed with another meeting that Councillor Enghert Chaired and therefore she had offer apologies.
Representatives from NHS Haringey proposed that one of the two places that they currently held for Non-Executive Directors should be given to a Non-Executive Director of Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). There was a general consensus that, subject to GOSH’s agreement, this proposal should be excepted.
In order to avoid confusion it was suggested that references within the Terms of Reference and Membership list to the ‘Board’ should be amended to refer to the ‘Trust’.
The Chair noted that having agreed the composition and membership of the Trust and its governance arrangements the next area of work would be to focus on how it should be developed.
RESOLVED:
‘Working together for the children of Haringey’