Joint Children's Services Scrutiny 2005/6

In 2005/06 there were two joint meetings of the Education and Youth and the Health and Social Care Scrutiny Sub-committees which focused on Southwark's activity and performance in relation to children's services.

Below are the agendas and minutes of these joint children's services scrutiny meetings. Click on the title of the document you want to view.  You will need Adobe Acrobat software.

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Date	Agendas	Minutes
October 17 2005	Agenda (55.4 kb)	in draft
	Supplemental agenda (35.7 kb)
February 6 2006	Agenda (53.9 kb)	-

February 6 2006
Item 1: Executive Members interviews:
Councillor Catherine Bowman, Deputy Leader with special responsibility for children's social care, early years and youth Councillor Caroline Pidgeon, Executive Member for Education
Item 2: Discussion on the future of children's services scrutiny
Item 3: Towards a children and young people's plan (63.1 kb)
Appendix A: CSCI/OfSTED Annual Performance Assessment letter [December 2005]
Appendix B: Draft Children and Young People's Plan
Item 4: Joint performance management arrangements
Item 5: Schools categorisation
Item 6: Educational support for black, male teenagers [KS4] experiencing mental health problems
Item 7: Teenage pregnancy in Southwark - performance update
Appendix 1: Sexual health/relationship sessions within primary and secondary schools, FE colleges and youth clubs
Appendix 2: Work undertaken with high risk groups and in high risk areas

October 17 2005
Item 1: Commission for Social Care Inspection [CSCI] Children's Services inspection report, updated action plan and Southwark's performance Corporate Parent (51.6 kb)
Children's Services inspection action plan (383 kb)
Serious case reviews update (28.7 kb)
Summary of progress on key performance indicators for Children Looked After, including monthly scorecard (311 kb)
Community impact statement (90.6 kb)
Item 2: Annual Performance Assessment (23.8 kb)
Item 3: Changes to Southwark school populations: the impact of other Council initiatives
Item 4: Youth Matters: Southwark's response to the Government's Green Paper (77.8 kb)
Impact and implications for Southwark (34.4 kb)
Consultation questions (126 kb)
Consultation process/timetable (40.5 kb)
Item 5: Report for information: mid-cycle progress report on Southwark's teenage pregnancy strategy 2001-2010 (113 kb)
Action Plan (229 kb)
Southwark practice/national best practice compared (52.4 kb)