Attendees /
Barbara Jackson (BJ)
Keith Little (KL) / Ian Hinde (IH)
Eileen Teasdale (ET) / Russell Norman (RN)
Denise Exley (DE) / Lesley Sanczuk (LS)
Zoe Lennaghan (ZL) / Jon Sherlock (JS)
Justin Bibby (JBi) / Sue Toomey (ST)
Michael Priestley (MP) / Rebecca Whent (RW)
John Wall (JW) / Wendy Skillicorn (WS)
Paul Walker (PW) Chair / Susan Hodkin (SH) DDG Facilitator
Date / 19th June 2012 / Directorate/Partnership / Children’s Trust Board
Venue / Lakes College
Apologies / Anne Cartner, Ben Brinnicombe, Sue Harper, Steph Crosthwaite, Neil Spence, Sally Senejko, Louise Kelly, Janette Baines, Nick O’key
Matters Arising – Notes and actions from the previous meetings
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Minutes from the last meeting were agreed as a true record.Agenda item / Notes / Actions
5) Ofsted Inspection of Looked After Children and Safeguarding Services / SH reported on the Ofsted report and recommendations.
An Improvement Board has been set up and an Improvement Plan has been developed.
To gather feedback from partners on the Improvement Plan there will be two partnership dates for DDG members to contribute:
o Input to the Improvement Plan - - 27 June - - 8.30 - 12.30, Castle Green Hotel, Kendal
o Share final Improvement Plan - - 11 July - - 8.30 - 12.30, Rheged, Penrith
In June, 94 young people from across the county have been Consulted on both the LAC and Safeguarding Improvement Plans. Young people were asked to comment on those recommendations that they could realistically influence.
On going consultation with children and young people is included in the Children Services Planning and Partnership Team plan. / SH – To include on agenda at next meeting
ALL – members invited to attend consultation dates
6) CAF & Common Language - Lesley Sanczuk / Common language and diagram agreed by CTB at their meeting on 28 May.
The CAF development links to the Munroe recommendations. Aim is to improve communication between partners ensuring children and young people get the best provision available.
The writing of exemplars of good practice and a guidance booklet is still to be completed. More info to follow.
A training program is being rolled out, starting with Children’s Services and then to partners lead. Dates to provided by LS.
The group noted the lack of attendance from health colleagues, and commented on the importance of health being fully engaged in the DDG partnership arrangements at all levels.
KL suggested that he links Pauline Grange: Safeguarding GP in Maryport with LS. / LS to provide dates
KL and LS to action
7) CIEG / Following feedback from the DDG’s. DDG’s will have representation on the CIEG. / PW to contact Caroline Sutton to identify appropriate representation
8) DDG Action Plan & Sub Groups / The group discussed the action plan and the sub groups. It was approved with the following changes;
No Avoidable child deaths
· Rate of hospital admissions caused by unintentional deliberate injuries to children and young people. There was a question mark next to this as people were unsure what it meant and which group it should belong to.
· Safeguarding Children and Young People: Capacity in family support for older age group: There was a question mark next to this as people were unsure what it meant.
No children living in poverty
· It was agreed that the existing CP action plan would be used.
All children ready for School Age 5
· Improve access of young people to midwife care: Remove - not evidenced as a priority
· Remove Breast feeding from sub group 2 (the child’s journey) the GP's Commissioning Sub Group will take the lead.
Sub Group 1 - Risk Taking Behaviour
· JB informed the group that he would no longer be the DDG representative due to his change in post, Mairi Stamper will represent and lead the RTB group.
On the first page - the action plan with the identified issues and the pathway for a tactical response (sub group or existing group).
Thetabs have the sub groups which will be populatedwith the correspondingaction plans.
There areCIEG indicators attached to all of the identified issues, the sub groups will use the indicators as success measures, and / or may agree to add additional relevant indicators.
DDG members to identify appropriate people to represent their organisations on the sub groups. Names sent to SH.
Thesub-groups, when established will populate the sub group action plans with CIEG indicators, key activity that will contribute (for example free school meals campaign andthe related indicator) and the commentary will be the progress report to DDG.
SH to set up initial meeting dates for each sub group.
Progress meetings with Lead/Chairs of subgroups will be factored into the DDG cycle. SH to organise. / Health colleagues to comment or remove from action plan
DDG colleagues to comment or remove from action plan
SH to amend as appropriate
SH to remove
SH to amend action plan
ET to report to DDG
SH to amend action plan and bring MS up to date with information as appropriate.
Sub groups to formulate action plans using the template provided by SH, action plans to be developed and to be shared at the next meeting 10th October 2012.
Sub groups to identify appropriate indicators and populate the action plans.
ALL
Sub group members
Sub group leads contact SH with suitable dates
SH to arrange
9) Feedback from Task & Finish groups / key Projects
Stay Safe
Parenting reference group
Child Poverty / Stay safe
Update delivered by JS the last event was successful; the project is working well and has received an award from the Community Safety Partnership.
Parenting ref group
SH gave an update from the Parenting reference group. The group has completed their task and is working with children’s information services to enable the menu of activity to be published. The group will be absorbed into the sub groups once the task is fully completed.
Child poverty
RN gave an update from the Child Poverty Group and the work that has taken place. The child poverty action plan was agreed by the DDG.
10) AOB / ET gave an update on the outcomes from the Joint Strategic Needs Strategy. Children and Young People: Biggest concern healthy lifestyle the focus with be on childhood obesity. There is a draft Healthy Weight framework Et will distribute to DDG members. / ET to distribute HW strategy
11) Dates and times of next meetings / 10th October 2012, 2pm – 4pm
3rd December 2012, 2pm – 4pm
27th February 2013, 2pm – 4pm
13th June 2013, 2pm – 4pm