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Action Plan Following OFSTED Inspection of Services for Children in Need of Help and Protection, Children Looked After and Care Leavers and Review of Local Safeguarding Board

05/09/2016 - Action Plan Following OFSTED Inspection of Services for Children in Need of Help and Protection, Children Looked After and Care Leavers and Review of Local Safeguarding Board

The Cabinet Member (Children and Families) submitted a report presenting an action plan following the Ofsted inspection of Bury Council’s Children’s Services relating to children in need of help and protection, children looked after and care leavers and a review of the Local Safeguarding Board. The inspection took place between 22 February and 17 March 2016 and determined that children and young people in Bury are safe.

 

The proposed action plan incorporates the recommendations from Ofsted inspection and will assist the Council in ensuring all services to children and young people are good or outstanding.

 

The plan identifies funding from reserves in 2016/17 for the provision of additional short term posts (6 months). The total request of resources from reserves for the action plan is £195K in 2016/17.

 

Delegated decision:

 

1.    That approval be given to the action plan which has been written in response to the Ofsted report on Bury Council’s Children’s Services.

2.   That approval be given to the allocation of £195K from reserves to fund the work identified in the action plan in 2016/2017.

 

Reason for the decision:

The Council is required to submit an action plan to Ofsted within 70 working days of the publication of the report on Children’s Services. The deadline for the response is 23 August 2016.

 

Other options considered and rejected:

To reject the action plan in whole or in part. The Council would then be unable to comply with Ofsted requirements.