Issue - meetings

The Board received a report from the Strategic Director – People, informing them of the key areas of Children’s Social Care performance; how this was monitored and how Halton compared regionally and nationally.

The report provided details in the following key areas:

·       The demand for contacts and referrals;

·       Numbers of assessments and re-referrals;

·       Children in Need (CIN);

·       Child Protection;

·       Children in Care; and

·       Care Leavers.

Officers advised that overall the service was still under pressure as the level of work had continued to increase.

It was noted that the report provided Members with a basic summary of some of the key performance areas, as there were others not covered in the report.  Members agreed that they would like to see those areas as well, so requested that for future reporting all the performance areas be included.

RESOLVED:  That the report is noted.