Rachel Farnham, Director of Children’s Care will
present the scorecard to the Board ( this will be circulated on the day of the
meeting for information)
Minutes:
The Head of
Looked after Children and Corporate Parenting was in attendance and
provided the Board with information relating to the Corporate Parenting Board
scorecard.
The Head of Service advised that the
scorecard was in place for the Corporate Parenting Board to see how our
performance was progressing and have the opportunity to challenge.
Key findings August 2022 were as
follows:
CP1: Number of children in Care in Middlesbrough-
Trend
·
Number of children and young people open to social care, in particular
Children looked after shows a fluctuated trend since September 2021.
·
Children looked after numbers vastly improved. They dropped down below
the 500 mark in January 2022, reaching 535 in August 2022- a 1% decrease prior
to last month.
·
Children looked after are down 1% in comparison to 12 month prior.
CP2: gap between Middlesbrough and
Regional Children in Care (CiC) per 10,000- trend
·
The rate of Looked after children per 10,000 shows a fluctuating trend
in the last 12 months reaching the lowest rate in January 2022 at 39.91.
·
The rate increased in recent months, reaching 53.49 in August 2022-
still a 3% decrease in comparison to the previous month.
·
Middlesbrough remain above all external benchmarks, and have fallen
below our 2020/21 outturn.
CP3: Ration of children entering to leaving
care- Trend
·
The
number of children starting a period of care remaining stable, until recent
months when the ratio increased. Scorecard shows that in August 2022, for every
09. Children starting care 1 ceased. The ratio still remains below the 2020/21.
CP4: Average number of weeks children spend in
care (Ceasing care in month) –Trend
·
The average
number of weeks children spend in care has shown a fluctuating trend in the
last 12 months. The number of weeks reached in September 2021 at 249.73.
·
In
August 2022, the average number of weeks fell below the 2021/22 target (132.40)
again, reaching 97.90.
CP8: % of permanence arrangements resulting in
Special Guardianship order (SGO)- trend
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The %
of permanence arrangements resulting in SGO remains above or meets the 2020/21
target, 20%, the last 12 months.
·
This
shows great improvements across Children’s social care, with regard to the
reasoning for CLA ceasing.
CP10.1: % of children who ceased to be looked
after in the period, who were adopted- Trend
The % of children who ceased to be looked after
during the period, who were adopted hs remained
relatively stable across the last 12 months.
In August 2022 the % reached 10%, a 1% decrease
in comparison to last month and a 1% increase in comparison to 12 months prior.
CP9: % of CIC placed with parents on care orders
at home- trend
·
The
number of children in care placed with parents on care orders at home exceeds
the 2020/21 target (5%) across all months.
·
The %
slowly declined, reaching the lowest recorded in February 2022 at 7.20%. Though
the % has since increased reaching 9.35% in August 2022.
CP13: % of CiC placed
in in-house foster placements- 12 month trend
·
The %
of in-house foster carer placements has remained
relatively stable in the last 12 months.
·
The %
remains below the 21% 2020/21 target in August 2022 reaching 19% - 0.55% in
comparison to 12 month prior.
CP14: % of CiC placed
with Connected Carers- 12 month trend
·
The %
of connected carer placements has slightly fluctuated
in the last 12 months.
·
The %
remains below the 2020/21 target of 29% across all months recorded.
·
In
August 2022 the % reached 25.80%, -0.26% in comparison to 12 month prior.
Following the presentation, a board member
queried whether the target of 21% for foster careers would increase? In
response, the officer advised that the presentation specifically on fostering
would provide further clarity of how the service was looking to increase the
number of foster placements.
AGREED-
That the information be noted.