Issue - items at meetings - Performance Reports

Report of the Director of Children’s Services (copy attached).

RESOLVED – (1) That the Board notes the data and analysis in the PIR and agrees to the actions being taken to improve performance;

(2)            That The Board agrees to replace the activity level report on targeted health visiting caseloads with a report on the CYPT’s parenting programme as a more effective proxy to measure progress towards delivering more preventive and early intervention services.

9.1           The Board considered a report from the Director of Children’s Services relating to Performance Improvement Reports, which provided the Board with an overview of key issues which relate to the Governance of the CYPT (for copy see minute book).

9.2           The Chairman congratulated officers for the full report that was provided and indicated that she was pleased to see green pointers, which were indicators of positive achievement, shown in several areas.

9.3           Councillor Fryer was concerned with the high figure reported on first time entrants into the youth justice system and enquired about what was being done to address the matter.

9.4           Steve Barton, Assistant Director Quality and Performance, explained that this matter seemed to be a long-term issue. However, the authority was looking into bringing youth support services, the Police, Brighton & Hove and East Sussex to work more closely together to effectively address this matter.

9.5           David Standing, Community & Voluntary Sector Forum, reiterated that joint work was important and that there needed to be stronger connections between the Police and young people. He indicated that he was aware that more work was being done on this front and was confident that it was going in the right direction to produce better results.

9.6           John O’Sullivan, South Downs NHS Trust, indicated that the figures presented in relation to number of conceptions were two years old and he would have liked to see more updated figures. The Assistant Director Quality and Performance clarified that that was the most recent data held for the city. He agreed, however, to look into further information which could lead to more update information on this matter.

9.7           RESOLVED – (1) That the Board notes the data and analysis in the PIR and agrees to the actions being taken to improve performance;

(2)            That The Board agrees to replace the activity level report on targeted health visiting caseloads with a report on the CYPT’s parenting programme as a more effective proxy to measure progress towards delivering more preventive and early intervention services.