Committee details

Terms of Reference:

To be responsible for the Council’s role as a Corporate Parent to those children and young people who are looked after and accommodated by the local authority, that responsibility to also include:

·        ensuring that the education, health, and social needs of children Looked After by the Authority are met.

·        developing effective corporate responses to fulfil the Authority’s responsibilities as a corporate parent.

·        to implement changes to policy and practice, and inform service development in the context of corporate parenting.

·        the dissemination of information, concerned with its responsibilities associated with corporate parenting, to all elected Members and relevant staff; and

·        the implementation, maintenance, and review of the Council’s ‘Corporate Parenting and Strategy’ document.

Quorum: 3 Members