Venue: City Hall
Contact: Jill Bell
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ALTERNATE MEMBERS (Standing Order 34) The City Solicitor will report the names of alternate Members who are attending the meeting in place of appointed Members.
(Jill Bell – 01274 434580) |
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DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST (Members Code of Conduct – Part 4A of the Constitution)
To receive disclosures of interests from members and co-opted members on matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.
An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.
Notes:
(1) Members must consider their interests, and act according to the following:
(2) Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to the Member concerned or their spouse/partner.
(3) Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them. A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
(4) Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44.
Minutes: No disclosures of interest in matters under consideration were received. |
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Recommended –
That the minutes of the meeting held on 8 June 2022 be signed as a correct record (attached).
(Jill Bell – 01274 434580) Minutes: Resolved –
That the minutes of the meeting held on 8 June 2022 be signed as a correct record.
ACTION: City Solicitor |
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INSPECTION OF REPORTS AND BACKGROUND PAPERS (Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution)
Reports and background papers for agenda items may be inspected by contacting the person shown after each agenda item. Certain reports and background papers may be restricted.
Any request to remove the restriction on a report or background paper should be made to the relevant Strategic Director or Assistant Director whose name is shown on the front page of the report.
If that request is refused, there is a right of appeal to this meeting.
Please contact the officer shown below in advance of the meeting if you wish to appeal.
(Jill Bell - 01274 434580)
Minutes: There were no appeals submitted by the public to review decisions to restrict documents.
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ONE ADOPTION WEST YORKSHIRE (OAWY) ANNUAL REPORT PDF 94 KB The report of One Adoption West Yorkshire (Document “A”) provides an overview of the adoption service activity from April 2021 to March 2022.
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That the Corporate Parenting Panel receives this report and continues to support the work of One Adoption West Yorkshire and the local authority to ensure our adopted children and families receive the best possible support.
(Michelle Rawlings – 0113 5350913 Mob: 07712 216979)
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The report of One Adoption West Yorkshire (Document “A”) provided an overview of the adoption service activity from April 2021 to March 2022.
1. Michelle Rawling (OAWY) talked through the One Adoption West Yorkshire Annual Report for 2021-22, which covered the West Yorkshire area. 2. Rhian Beynon (OAWY) talked through the Highlight Performance Report for Bradford, 2021-22, which focused on Bradford District. [CPP20JulyDocAfullyr] 3. Referring to section 3.2.4 of the annual report, which dealt with the issue of a small number of GPs who had declined to carry out medicals for prospective adopters, set their own fees or requested that OAWY pay the CCG[1] fees, the Panel asked what the outcome had been of escalating the matter with the local CCGs. OAWY said that in some cases the issue had been resolved quickly. However, GPs were not obliged to carry out medicals for prospective adopters. Asked whether there was a set scale of fees for such medicals, OAWY said that the CCG would refund a set sum but that GPs were free to charge more than that sum. Replying to questions, OAWY said that this was the case across the region, rather than for Bradford only. 4. Jude MacDonald (WYHCP) undertook to agree with OAWY an escalation route within WYHCP to resolve such issues, either by negotiating a solution with the GP or by bringing in an alternative practitioner to conduct the required medical examination. ACTION: Jude MacDonald 5. Referring to section 3.2.5, the Panel queried the reference to pupils being excluded “unofficially”. Such exclusions were not unofficial, they were unlawful. The Head of the Virtual School (HT/VS) said that there was not an increase in such cases, but that they did happen. Asked how schools reacted when they were challenged, HT/VS said that, if there was a case for the child to be suspended according to the school’s policies and procedures, the child should be formally suspended; if there were no such case, a discussion was required about appropriate provision for the child: schools could not simply tell a child not to come to school. 6. Turning to section 3.2.7 on special guardianship, the Panel queried the statement that “… the means test cannot be waived where children were not previously looked after, and Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit must be deducted unless the child was previously looked after.” OAWY explained that a child who stayed with relations who then became special guardians would not have been previously looked after, although they would have been if the family had not stepped in. If they had been previously looked after, the means test would have been waived. This meant some families were being means tested and others were not. OAWY was consulting a QC[2] on how to address this unfairness. 7. Referring to section 3.3.14 and the trend shown against the A1 indicator from 2018-19 onwards, the Panel noted that the time between entering care and moving in with ... view the full minutes text for item 5. |
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INDEPENDENT REVIEWING OFFICERS (IRO) ANNUAL REPORT PDF 87 KB The report of the Strategic Director of Children’s Services (Document “B”) will provide Corporate Parenting with an overview of the IRO service for 2021 – 2022.
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The report is for information only
(Helen Cliffe 07582 10103)
Additional documents: Minutes: The report of the Strategic Director of Children’s Services (Document “B”) provided Corporate Parenting with an overview of the IRO service for 2021 – 2022.
ACTION: IRO Service Manager
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FOSTERING SERVICE ANNUAL REPORT COVERING THE PERIOD OF 1ST APRIL 2021 TO MARCH 31ST 2022 PDF 81 KB The Fostering Services Regulations 2011 require that the Fostering Services provides written reports on the management, outcomes, and financial state of the fostering service. This Annual Fostering Service Report provides quantitative and qualitative evidence relating to fostering services in the Bradford Council area as required by statutory guidance. The Annual Fostering Service Report must be presented to Corporate Parenting Panel.
The Strategic Director of Children’s Services will submit Document “C” which presents the Fostering Service’s annual report which provides an overview of the work of the Fostering Service and should be read in conjunction with the fostering Service Statement of Purpose (Appendix A).
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Members are requested to note the content and actively consider and comment upon the strengths and future recommendations.
(John Heron – 07816 522073) Additional documents: Minutes: The Fostering Services Regulations 2011 require that the Fostering Services provides written reports on the management, outcomes, and financial state of the fostering service. This Annual Fostering Service Report provides quantitative and qualitative evidence relating to fostering services in the Bradford Council area as required by statutory guidance. The Annual Fostering Service Report must be presented to Corporate Parenting Panel.
The Strategic Director of Children’s Services submitted Document “C” which presented the Fostering Service’s annual report which provided an overview of the work of the Fostering Service and should be read in conjunction with the fostering Service Statement of Purpose (Appendix A).
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