Issue - meetings

Report CEF22001A

The report provided the regular update on the performance of services for children as at the end of October 2021.

The Committee noted that there were two indicators which had fallen below the target set:

Indicators 13 and 19 - Child Protection Review

Members noted that further investigation had revealed that there were some training needs around the new social care management system – Liquid Logic.  Officers were satisfied that there were no safeguarding concerns and the correct number of children had been reviewed.  More training had been implemented and performance had now improved.  The Assistant Director for Children’s Social Care was monitoring performance on a weekly basis and was assured that performance was higher than the system was reporting.

In response to a question, the Assistant Director for Strategy, Performance and Transformation explained that the Liquid Logic system had been live in Children’s Services since July 2021 and use of the system had been monitored.  Whilst other indicators had fallen behind, managers were aware that this did not fit with their understanding of practice and performance and were therefore able to address any training issues with the system.  The Committee received assurances that all key indicators were now back to where they should be.

The Chairman congratulated the Service on the green performance indicators, especially in relation to the stability of long-term placements in what had been a very difficult period noting that the good performance was a credit to the work of the Service and the excellent foster carers who were willing to engage with the Service.

The Committee welcomed the stretch targets that had been included as well as the understanding of how and why targets had been missed.

RESOLVED: That the report be noted.