Agenda item

The report provides Members with progress against targets set for key performance and activity indicators. The Children’s, Young People and Education Cabinet Committee is asked to note the two separate scorecards, for Education and Early Help, and for Specialist Children’s Services and consider and comment on the performance scorecards.

1.    Wendy Murray (Performance and Information Manager) introduced the Performance Scorecard for Early Help and Preventative Services (EHPS) and Maureen Robinson (MIU Manager) introduced the Performance Scorecard for Specialist Children’s Services (SCS).

a)    Philip Segurola responded to questions regarding Social Workers’ high work load and how this was being addressed. Overall, there had been continuous improvements and caseloads had started to reduce. Remedial actions had been put in place; there were two additional central assessment teams which would be in operation until the end of October 2017 to take on assessment work from districts that were under the highest amount of pressure.

2.    RESOLVED that the performance scorecards for Early Help and Preventative Services and Specialist Children’s Services, be noted.