Issue - meetings

The Strategic Director – People and Economy, presented the revised Halton Care Leavers Charter to the Board for consideration.

Members were advised that in November 2012, the Department for Education (DfE) published the first Charter for Care Leavers which was produced by care leavers themselves and reflected their aspirations and expectations in their own words.  Each local authority was requested to sign up to the Charter and to discuss with their Children in Care Councils what needed to be done to embed its principles in day to day practice.  After consultation with Halton care leavers, the DfE Charter was adopted with some slight amendments to reflect issues that they felt were important to them.  The Charter was then adopted by the Council and Corporate Parents in May 2013.

It was noted that the review had now taken place and a revised Charter developed, attached at Appendix 1 of the report. 

A representative from the Children in Care Council attended the meeting and outlined the work undertaken by the Council.

RESOLVED:  That the Halton Care Leavers Charter is endorsed by the Board and supported by all Corporate Parents in Halton.