Issue - meetings

– Report by Mrs J Whittle, Cabinet Member for Specialist Children’s Services and Mrs M White, Business Strategy and Support)

(1)    Mrs Whittle said this report set out the methodology and outcomes of the strategic review of the current Kent Children’s Trust Board arrangements.  The report made recommendations for changed arrangements which were required in order to meet statutory responsibilities.  The report also proposed other arrangements that focused on joint commissioning to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and young people.  Mrs Whittle referred also to paragraph 3.2 of the report which detailed the proposed membership of the new Children and Young People’s Joint Commissioning Board.  Mr Carter spoke of the importance of having the right connections between the locality based trust boards and the role of KCC members as corporate parents.

(2)    Cabinet resolved to approve the following actions:

(a)  for the reasons described in the Cabinet report, to cease the Kent Children’s Trust Board and replace it with a  Children and Young people’s Joint Commissioning Board.

(b)    agree the membership and chairmanship arrangements as proposed in section 3.2 of the Cabinet report.

(c)     agree to the establishment of a stakeholder advisory group, taking account of the stakeholder engagement requirements of other key strategic Boards and groups; and,

(d)    a review the new arrangements be undertaken in 12 months time.