Cabinet has accepted all of the recommendations made by the Child & Family Services Overview & Scrutiny Board in relation to its review of support to care leavers in Swansea. Cabinet formally considered the scrutiny report last Thursday. The Cabinet Member for Wellbeing, Cllr Mark Child, presented a paper proposing a response to the recommendations. […]
What should the Child & Family Services Overview & Scrutiny Board Look at Next?
March 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
On the 4th April the Board will meet for the final time in this council year. It will take the opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved over the past year, and any lessons learnt that will help improve the effectiveness of the Board. It will also consider areas for future scrutiny. The Board has […]
Reviewing success
March 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Board at their meeting on Monday 19th March will look at the Strategic Plan for Children and Young People 2011–2014 in order to review the success indicators as at March 2012. The focus of this report is on the 22 success indicators within the plan which were […]
Promoting Corporate Parenting
March 12, 2012 by 1 Comment
The Child & Family Services Overview & Scrutiny Board recently followed up on the report it produced last year on the Role of Councillors as Corporate Parents. The Board reviewed the updated action plan that was drawn up by the Cabinet Member for Social Services to address the various scrutiny recommendations. With council elections taking […]
Scrutiny Review of Support to Care Leavers Complete
March 8, 2012 by 2 Comments
A major study helping to improve the lives of care leavers has been published. The Child & Family Services Overview & Scrutiny Board has now completed its in-depth review of support to care leavers in Swansea and produced a report. Councillors spent the last 12 months talking to various people to gain a range of […]
Talking about Leaving Care
October 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Today marks the first day of a National Care Leavers Week which runs until 2nd November. The week will see a number of events throughout the UK in order to raise awareness among public and politicians alike about the ongoing needs of care leavers, and levels of support which these young people receive when they […]