Children, Young People and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Work Plan 2009/10

ITEM 7

Wednesday 10th March 2010 at the Civic Centre – deadline for agenda items noon Monday 1st March 2010
Item / Description / Responsible Officer /Member / Notes
Safeguarding / Monthly update
Measure against 4 NI’s and 1 Local Performance Indicator (LPI) within the SAAand 5 targets within the Corporate Plan / Linda Clegg
(Assistant Director / Safeguarding)
BSF / During the December meeting members requested an update on the current BSF plans following the decision in respect of St George’s made by the Adjudicator / Nick Page – Deputy Director of Children’s Services
Ongoing work
Healthy Weight Strategy / Following the report presented in November members requested that a progress report be provided in April 2010 / Alistair Fisher / April 2010
Annual report on the trends in vacant spaces and oversubscribed schools / Available September each year. / Lesley Taylor – Commissioning Manager Children’s Services / Following LMB, item deferred to a later mtg, suggested in 6 months (April 2010).
Diplomas / Following the report presented in November, members requested that the Assistant Director return in 6 months along with some diploma students to provide a progress report. / Jon Stonehouse – Assistant Director Transition / May 2010
Salford Safeguarding Children’s Board / Annual report to be presented to members / Kate Rose -
Head of Safeguarding
Gill Rigg -
Chair of Salford Safeguarding Children’s Board / Approx June/July 2010
Exact date to be agreed with Kate Rose
Bercow Review / Members requested a further update report in 6 months time after receiving the report at the January 2010 meeting. / Paul Greenway – Assistant Director Strategy & Commissioning
Matt Dixon - Head of Children's Commissioning
NHS Salford / July 2010
Teenage Pregnancy / Members requested a further update report in 6 months time after receiving the report at the February 2010 meeting. / Jon Stonehouse – Assistant Director Transition
Tim Rumley - Teenage Pregnancy Operations Manager
Geoff Holliday – Sexual Health Manager NHS Salford / September 2010
Transition / Following the report presented at the December meeting members requested an update report on the action plan from the transition report to be incorporated with the National transition aim higher plan and presented in 12 months time / Paul Greenway- A.D.– Strategy & Commissioning
Bernie Enright – Principal Manager Learning Difficulty
Martin Sim – Principal Salford City College / December 2010
Starting Life Well strategy / During the December meeting it was suggested that members be made aware of the Starting Life Well strategy / Jon Stonehouse / Date to be agreed
Respite Care / During the December meeting members requested information on respite care / Paul Greenway & Anne Hayton / Date to be agreed
Ofsted Inspection of safeguarding and looked after children services / During the meeting held in October members were informed that the inspection of safeguarding and looked after children was imminent. It was agreed that a report on the outcome would be presented to members once the inspection has taken place and the report published / Nick Page – Deputy Director
Linda Clegg
(Assistant Director / Safeguarding) / Date to be confirmed
ContactPoint / Following the presentation at the April 2008 meeting, Members requested that an update report be provided once the system is up and running / Angharad Jackson – Programme Manager
Andy Hampson – Head of Strategy & Performance / Date to be agreed
Corporate Parenting / Following the report received in December 2008 members requested a further update in order that they can monitor the effects of the work undertaken / Linda Clegg – Assistant Director Safeguarding / Date to be agreed
Information items
Attendance levels at secondary schools / Available October each year / Lesley Taylor – Commissioning Manager / Sue Barker
Denise Lynch
Key stage 3 and 4 results / Available October each year / Nick Page / Information presented October 09
GCSE and A-Level Results / Available August each year / Nick Page / Information presented October 09
Chair / Councillor Bernard Pennington / 0161 790 4181
Vice Chair / Councillor Gina Loveday / 0161 8348759
Scrutiny Support Officer / Carole Chapman / 0161 793 3316

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