Issue - meetings

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the achievements, progress and challenges in meeting the needs of Croydon’s Children Looked After and Care Leavers in 2019/2020.

Officers spoke to the Corporate Parenting Panel Annual Report which included all statistical information of the children looked after care leavers and information about their health and wellbeing, education and achievement whilst in 2019 and 2020. Other significant events included: the adoption service, which had moved to the Adopt London South Service thus Croydon no longer operated as an adoptive service; staff stability; and also the successful Ofsted inspection.

The Panel welcomed the detailed report and noted that as corporate parents the Panel needed to challenge the service more and engage in a better way to reflect the report as they may be deemed passive, subsequently, the Panel noted that they involved young people to directly voice their concerns to the Corporate Parenting Panel and with their voices heard this had given the Panel the opportunity to directly challenge officers in an open and transparent form.

The Panel RESOLVED to note the report. This report was to be taken to Council in December.

At 8:01pm Councillor Shafi Khan left the meeting.

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the achievements, progress and challenges in meeting the needs of Croydon’s Children Looked After and Care Leavers in 2019/2020.