Issue - meetings

          A report was presented to update the Board on the role it plays in supporting and delivering corporate parenting responsibilities. 

The Board also received a presentation which set out the corporate parenting principles, the role and responsibilities of a corporate parent and who the members were on the Corporate Parenting Board. 

Members were advised that the Corporate Parenting Strategy was shortly to be re-launched and invites would be sent out in due course. 

RESOLVED:  That the Board: 

1)    adopts the principles of the corporate parenting strategy and the defining of the seven key priorities, to support the improvement journey of Halton care experienced young people and care leavers;

2)    notes the senior management representation across Halton and affirm the corporate commitment to develop stronger partnership working to ensure the needs of care experienced young people and care leavers are galvanised and prioritised by all stakeholders, ensuring ‘our children are our future’; and

3)    notes that the cross-party members, senior managers and key stakeholders would meet bi-monthly, receive reports, including performance reports, undertaking strategic and thematic enquiry into specific elements of the strategy, and seek ways of resolving barriers to support the success of our people place and practice.