AGENDA

PART 1 - PROCEDURAL ITEMS

1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

All Members who believe they have a personal or a personal prejudicial interest in any

matter to be considered at the meeting must declare that personal interest and having regard to the circumstances described in paragraphs 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the County Council's Code of Conduct, consider whether to leave the meeting whilst the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with paragraph 12 of the Code. The declaration should be made at the time of the relevant debate.

3. MINUTES

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 23 April 2008.

4. CHAIRMAN'S COMMUNICATIONS

To receive any communications the Chairman may have for this meeting.

5. DEPUTATIONS

PART 2 - ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION

6. NEW SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL FOR SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS HAMPSHIRE

To receive a verbal update by the Director of Children's Services on this item.


7. OUTCOME OF OFSTED INSPECTIONS - HAMPSHIRE'S RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

To consider the report of the Director of Children's Services summarising the outcome from Ofsted Inspections for Hampshire Children's Services Residential provision 2007/08.


8. AIMING HIGH FOR DISABLED CHILDREN - PROGRESS REVIEW

To consider the report of the Director of Children's Services which includes the results of a recent consultation and confirms the steps being taken to develop a commissioning strategy to be reported to the Executive Member for Children and Families in October 2008.


9. EARLY EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE UNIT SUFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT

To consider the report by the Director of Children's Services on the recent childcare sufficiency assessment and on the key points due to be addressed.


10. KINSHIP CARE PROJECT IN HAMPSHIRE

To consider the report by the Director of Children's Services which deals with the progress of and outcomes for the Kinship Care Project in Hampshire between November, 2002 and April, 2008.

PART 3 - WORK PROGRAMME

11. DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF A CORPORATE PLEDGE FOR CHILDREN IN CARE

To receive a report by the Director of Children's Services on the implementation of the Pledge for Children in Care.


12. SCRUTINY OF SHORT BREAKS, PALLIATIVE CARE AND CARER SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES

To receive a report by the Scrutiny Officer on the outcomes of 10 March 2008 Winchester Guildhall Event on Short Breaks and to decide on the next steps with this agenda.


13. REVIEW OF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF TEACHERS AND HEADTEACHERS - SCOPING DOCUMENT

To consider the report by the Scrutiny Officer on this item.


14. ANNUAL WORK PROGRAMME

The following topics were identified by the Committee for scrutiny in its 2008-9 work programme.

Short Breaks (Respite), Palliative Care and Carer Services for Children with Severe Disabilities	Policy Review/Development: 1) Multi-stakeholder workshop (10 March 08) to set priorities for improvement and monitoring; 2) Quarterly reports to the CYPSC throughout 2008 may be requested, to report on progress; 3) Second multi-stakeholder workshop (February/March 2009) to review progress made against expressed priorities and formulate recommendations to Executive Member if appropriate.
Corporate Parenting: Development and Delivery of a Pledge for Children in Care	Policy Development/Holding the Executive to Account: Workshop with CYPSC Members and the Care Council (23 November 2007) to debate content of the Pledge; CYPSC scrutiny of final `Pledge Offer' (23 January 2008); continued monitoring of progress against stated aims in quarterly reports to CYPSC.
Development of the 14-19 Curriculum	Holding the Executive to Account/Pre-Scrutiny of any Executive Member reports relating to this matter published in 2007-8.
Development of an Integrated Youth Service	Holding the Executive to Account/Pre-Scrutiny of any Executive Member reports relating to this matter published in 2007-8.
Recruitment and Retention of Teachers, including Head Teachers, in Hampshire Schools	Major review for 2008: scope/methodology tbc.
Annual cycle of Budget Scrutiny	Biannual briefing days and in-committee scrutiny of the Council's budgets and performance

PART 4 - UPCOMING ITEM OF INTEREST TO MEMBERS

The following item is scheduled for decision by the Executive Member for Children and Families and may be of interest to Members:

Young Carer's Strategy and Action Plan - The new draft Young Carer's Strategy and Action Plan will address the issues identified in the JAR as areas for improvement. The Chairman felt that this would be of particular interest to the Committee and it is proposed that the outcome of a twelve week consultation to gain the views of appropriate agencies and young people and their families to the strategy and proposals be reported to a future meeting of this Committee.

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