The Well Being Performance Panel spent some time this week following up the “Support for Care Leavers” inquiry which was completed in March 2012. This follow up stage is a really important part of the scrutiny process because it enables councillors to make sure that the recommendations that were accepted by the Cabinet Member have been put into […]
Providing sustainable services for children and families
October 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Well Being Performance Panel took its quarterly look at performance in Child and Family Services last week. The panel was pleased to see that there were 8 fewer looked after children at the end of August compared to the previous month and that the numbers of looked after children had been on a downward trend since April. […]
Delivering child protection through Signs of Safety
September 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Well Being Performance Panel wanted to find out how Child & Family Services was using the Signs of Safety model to safeguard children identified as “at risk” in Swansea. The Signs of Safety model is a tool intended to help practitioners with risk assessment and safety planning in child protection cases. Its purpose is […]
What makes an excellent school?
July 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It is important when looking at school improvement that you understand exactly what you are looking for and identifying what makes a school excellent in terms of both current performance and its prospects for improvement is key to this. The Schools Performance Scrutiny Panel were therefore pleased to invite Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr Welsh Secondary School Headteacher […]
Child & Family Services Performance Panel talks to Cabinet Member for Target Areas
June 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Child and Family Services Scrutiny Performance Panel meets on Tuesday next week. This important panel has spent the last 12 months examining performance in areas such as numbers of looked after children and the looked after children strategy. As a result of previous question and answer sessions with officers the panel identified some additional performance […]
Looking at school performance
June 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The schools performance scrutiny panel met with the Headteacher and Chair of Governors of Cwmglas Primary School. They were impressed with the work and standards at the school given the challenging environment in which the school is positioned. The impact on the school of supporting and educating children in an area of high social and economically […]