Issue - meetings
Children and Learning - Performance and Transformation
Meeting: 26/09/2024 - Children and Families Scrutiny Panel (Item 18)
18 Children and Learning - Performance and Transformation 
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Report of the Scrutiny Manager recommending
that the Panel consider and challenge the performance of
Children’s Services and Learning in Southampton.
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - September 2024 Children's Social Care Performance Report.pdf, item 18
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- Appendix 2 - Children and Families Glossary updated 2023.docx, item 18
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Minutes:
The Panel considered the report of the Scrutiny Manager recommending that the Panel consider and challenge the performance of Children’s Services and Learning in Southampton.
Laura Trevett - Strategic Performance Manager, Councillor Winning - Cabinet Member for Children and Learning, and Rob Henderson - Executive Director for Children’s Services and Learning were in attendance and, with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.
The Panel discussed a number of points including:
- The potential reasons for the increase in re-referrals during August.
- The reasons for the majority of visiting and supervision targets being missed in August and for much of 2024/25.
- The number of foster carers, the drive to recruit new foster carers, and the role Newton (Europe) are playing in facilitating an increase in the number of SCC foster carers with an expectation that the number will rise from January 2025.
RESOLVED That, reflecting the reported increase in the rate of re-referrals in August 2024, the audit that is currently being conducted on re-referrals is circulated to the Panel upon completion.