Issue - meetings

This report seeks approval for the Service Plans for council services that are wholly or partially funded from the children’s services budget.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Members for Children’s Services and Youth and Social Inclusion be advised to:

·        Approve the Service Plans

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED:             That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:                  In order to ensure that managers in Learning, Culture and Children’s Services are in a position to implement the strategic priorities for the directorate.

Members considered a report that sought their approval for Council services that are wholly or partially funded from the Children’s Services budget.

Members discussed the following

·        The fact that other corporate priorities than those mentioned, especially sustainability, were relevant to theses Service Plans and this could have been reflected within the Corporate Priorities section of the report.

·        In relation to Health and Lifestyles (School Improvement and Staff Development Service Arm) the quality of the provision needed to be illustrated and also needed to appear within the performance indicators.

·        In relation to the Partnerships and Early Intervention Service Arm it was understood that as this was a new service there were few performance indicators

·        In relation to the Children and Families Service Arm some Members thought that the objectives for the Youth Offending Team (YOT) could be better reflected in the documentation.

·        In relation to the Lifelong Learning and Culture Service Arm some Members felt that ‘casual sports’ and ‘casual access’ to schools had been overlooked in favour of clubs. Walking and cycling were also classed as important activities and work was needed to develop this.

·        Some Members felt that there needed to be additional performance indicator areas and that there should be local and national comparators.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Members for Children’s Services and Youth and Social Inclusion be advised to:

·        Approve the Service Plans subject to account being taken of all the bulleted points raised by Members.¹  [As amended at the meeting on 10 June 2008.]

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED:             That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:                  In order to ensure that managers in Learning, Culture and Children’s Services are in a position to implement the strategic priorities for the directorate.