Issue - meetings

The Board received the final draft of the Children, Young People and Families elements of the Council’s Single Business Plan for approval. 

Members were advised that since 2010 each Directorate had been required to produce a medium term Business Plan that covered a three year period.  It was confirmed that a Single Business Plan would now be constructed for the authority as a whole and this would focus on the key medium term issues rather than providing extensive narrative of every area of work of the Local Authority.

It was noted that to ensure that the Authority was producing a Business Plan that enabled them to meet the priorities identified within the Corporate Plan, the information from each Directorate would be set out under the Council’s priority headings:

·       Children and Young People;

·       Employment, Learning and Skills;

·       A Safer Halton;

·       A Healthy Halton;

·       Environment and Regeneration; and

·       Corporate Effectiveness and Efficiency.

Officers referred Members to the final draft of the Children, Young People’s and Families element of the business plan which was appended to the report and identified four main service objectives:

·       To improve outcomes for children and young people through effective multi agency early intervention;

·       To close the gap in attainment at Key Stage 2 including between vulnerable groups and their peers;

·       Raising achievement in early years; and

·       To effectively implement the SEND reforms and improve the offer for children and young people with SEND aged 0-25.

RESOLVED:  That the Board

1)    notes the contents of the report; and

2)    approves the Children, Young People and Families elements of the Council’s Single Business Plan.