Cllr Joe Tildesley welcomed members and introductions were made.

• (Attachment: 1)C&YPTB Minutes 15/09/11 (51K/bytes)

The Board agreed the minutes of the last meeting as true and accurate.

• (Attachment: 2)C&YPTB Workplan (58K/bytes)

Points to Note

Ben Lewing reminded members that the Trust Board is still a statutory requirement and asked Board members to consider reintroducing a performance scorecard to measure the impact of the workplan.

Janet Down noted Priority 1 - reviewing the support available is not a helpful action and needs to be stronger as to what we will do after reviewing.

Vanessa Bishop informed the Board that the Domestic Abuse Steering Group takes the lead on the Domestic Abuse Strategy, measuring prevalence and agreeing actions. Domestic abuse covers both children and adults and the Trust Board has a role in agreeing and delivering support for children involved.

Janet Down noted the importance of outcome performance monitoring, not activity. The Trust Board needs confidence that delivery is making a difference.

Janet Down mentioned that creating greater choice for families of disabled children was also about quality.

Andrea Quigley suggested an additional priority added on education and training, particularly for vulnerable groups, linked to the Solihull Partnership youth worklessness priority.

Sally Bourner noted priority work with troubled families.

Stephen Munday noted that the children's health priority was being reviewed.

Actions:

• Wording of priorities in the Workplan to be revised to take account of Board comments - Ben Lewing
• Andrea Quigley to develop proposal for an additional priority on youth education and training
• New outcomes based performance scorecard to be introduced -Ben Lewing
• Work on Troubled Families to be integrated within the Parent / Family Support Strategy - Karen Murphy

• (Attachment: 3)Report (38K/bytes)
• | (Attachment: 4)Strategy (334K/bytes)

Points to Note

Yvonne Byrne  noted the Corporate Parenting Board were looking to strengthen performance management.

Yvonne Byrne informed the Board that there was an Employability Group set up but there are funding issues.

Cllr Joe Tildesley suggested that the Board members be invited to the This Way Up group but Yvonne Byrne said it would be better to bring the group to the Board within a workshop.

Vanessa Bishop stated that the CYPTB does not have a governance role in relation to corporate parenting, but should inform and be informed by the Strategy.

Action:

• Yvonne Byrne  to look at how the This Way Up Group could share their views and experiences with the Trust Board.

• (Attachment: 5)a) 1 Safe From Harm Report (41K/bytes)
• | (Attachment: 6)a) 2 Domestic Violence Report (33K/bytes)
• | (Attachment: 7)a) 3 E-Safety Report (35K/bytes)
• | (Attachment: 8)a) 3 Appendix - E-Safety Strategy (89K/bytes)
• | (Attachment: 9)a) 4 Early Intervention Report (34K/bytes)
• | (Attachment: 10)b) 1 Childhood Accident Prevention Report (75K/bytes)
• | (Attachment: 11)b) 2 Be Healthy Report (33K/bytes)
• | (Attachment: 12)b) 3 Terms of Reference Child Health Group (42K/bytes)
• | (Attachment: 13)c) Parenting & Family Support Report (46K/bytes)
• | (Attachment: 14)d) Active Involvement Report (29K/bytes)
• | (Attachment: 15)e) Disabled Children Report (34K/bytes)
• | (Attachment: 16)f) Play Report (35K/bytes)

a) Safe From Harm - Mary Le Breuilly gave a summary to the Board on the spotlight on e-safety:

Vanessa Bishop pointed out that evidence is required on how we are measuring the effects of the activities taking place. Mary Le Breuilly said that HRBQ was very helpful in measuring this, and that school advisors monitor progress annually.

Cllr Joe Tildesley asked for examples of direct impact, where we have detected or prevented abuse. Deb Jenkins has case study examples of impact showing how this strategy has prevented any potential abuse.

Sally Bourner informed the Board that Sue Holder, from the Police, can get some information on how this has helped prevention as well.

Cllr Norman Davies wanted to know what was happening about Cyber bullying. Mary Le Breuilly informed that ABBA work covers cyber bullying and Mo Bham is the lead on this.

Cllr Joe Tildesley asked that progress be reported to the LSCB in March, once impact measures are in place.

b) Child Health (accident prevention (Ian Mather) & Be Health Group terms of reference and work plan)

Hayley Moran would like to see incidents involving children with learning disabilities but difficult to measure.

Cllr Norman Davies praised Safeside, and noted the importance for children of learning to manage risk.

Andrea Quigley asked what the age limit was and how does this link into schools and colleges, and injury prevention whilst training. Ian Mather reported that most indicators are up to 18 years of age but there is nothing specific that links into schools and colleges.

Janet Down pointed out that this evidence was not accurate because it only covers Solihull Hospital and does not include Heartlands.

Stephen Munday noted that there isn't great scope for improvement (with some caveats on the data available) and proposed that practice is checked against NICE Guidelines.

Stephen Munday agreed to report back to the LSCB to show the initial piece of work carried and data collection and additional work on child injuries.

The Board agreed the accident prevention recommendations and endorsed the terms of reference for the Child Health Improvement Group.

c) Parent / Family Support (Karen Murphy)

Andrea Quigley suggested possible accreditation for ‘community parent' volunteers.

Hayley Moran noted that Parents Forum & Solihull CAN were not mentioned in the report.

Janet Down was concerned that there was a danger in losing a huge amount of interest in Mellow Parenting because of lack of funding. What was the outcome for the 23 parents with learning disabilities?

Karen Murphy asked the Board to suggest further decision-making groups for parents to join - information to be circulated.

d) Active Involvement (Sally Bourner)

Sally Bourner asked the Board to send in nominations to Ben Lewing for a representative to join the Active Involvement Management Group, this has to be a front line deliverer and not a strategic person.

Steve Whitehorn (Jobcentre Plus) put himself forward as a representative.

Sally Bourner asked Board members to ensure the active involvement audit is completed and returned by the 16th of December.

e) Disabled Children (Vanessa Bishop)

Vanessa Bishop updated the Board on the performance report for Disabled Children.

f) Play (Karen Murphy)

Karen Murhpy updated the Board on Play report prepared by Ruth Shand and Lisa Harrison and placed the emphasis on collaborative working.

Actions:

• Deb Jenkins & SH to provide examples of impact of the e-safety strategy
• Mary Le Breuilly to prepare impact measures for the e-safety strategy
• Vanessa Bishop & Mary Le Breuilly to report back to the LSCB on progress and impact
• Stephen Munday and Ian Mather to report back to the LSCB on child accidents
• Accident Prevention Task and Finish Group to be established to monitor and audit current practice, and improve information sharing - Ian Mather.
• Board members to respond to request for opportunities for parents to join decision-making groups - All
• Board members to nominate a rep for the AIM Group and ensure completion of the active involvement audit - All

• (Attachment: 17)Report (76K/bytes)
• | (Attachment: 18)Appendix (2M/bytes)

Points to Note

Paul Guyver noted the challenge getting into all secondary schools to focus on road safety at transition points - not seen as a priority until something happens on their doorstep. Tina Wiggin agreed with this point about access to schools, and mentioned that the Council was piloting a transition programme with schools, and recognised that the first 2-3 months in secondary is a key time

Tina Wiggin stated that demand for cycle training was high amongst young people, but parents are anxious about them cycling to school. Walking buses have a positive impact, including on attendance levels, the Council is looking to work with schools and health colleagues to develop these further.

Deb Jenkins asked about the link with the Council's schools transport team who are introducing a buddying system for young disabled people which could link with walking buses - this could be a ‘spend to save' initiative, saving on more expensive school travel costs.

Sally Bourner suggested a link with the Local Enterprise Partnership on cycle networks and employment.

Cllr Norman Davies highlighted a problem regarding cycle and equipment storage. Tina Wiggin replied that some schools spent grant on cycle storage and other areas, such as shopping centres, are being looked at as it part of the Solihull Travel Plan.

Cllr Joe Tildesley recognised the remarkable progress in reducing child road casualties since 1999 and suggested that the Cabinet Member for Transport and Highways be involved in a future presentation to the LSCB on this issue.

Action:

• Future report to the LSCB on child road safety - Tina Wiggin

• (Attachment: 19)Draft Protocol (53K/bytes)

Points to Note

The Board agreed to sign off the protocol at their next meeting, pending further discussion between the DCS and chair of the LSCB.

• (Attachment: 20)CSE Report (41K/bytes)
• | (Attachment: 21)Appendix_CSE Strategy (89K/bytes)

Points to Note

Hayley Moran was concerned about impact on children with learning disabilities.

Karen Murphy expressed that this work should be linked with parenting and asked if sports groups are being targeted. Liz Murphy responded that its about definitions, child exploitation is different to creating safe environments. We need to engage places where young people go without adult supervision.

The Board noted the report and agreed to support the February child sexual exploitation event and LSCB training.

Points to Note

OFSTED Inspection of Safeguarding & LAC (Vanessa Bishop)
Vanessa Bishop thanked everyone involved in the Inspection. Draft reports going to Cabinet. Outcomes reflect the services and challenges to face.
 

Council People Directorate Leadership Plans (Vanessa Bishop)
Director of Children's Services to be appointed by 31st December 2011. Vanessa Bishop Acting Director in the interim. The post of Director for People will cease to exist. Director for Adult and Social Services to be appointed by 31st March 2012. Dave Martin Acting Director in the interim.
 

Update on the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (Stephen Munday)
Stephen was no longer present at the meeting but had agreed to circulate an update to Board members on the JSNA and progress to establish a public health function within the Council.

Action:

• To circulate an update to Board members on the JSNA and progress to establish a public health function within the Council - Stephen Munday

• No confidential items to be excluded from the minutes.
• Date of next meeting: Thursday 15th March 2012 - 09:30 to 12:30 in the Civic Suite Room 1