Agenda item

Report of the Group Director of People

The Group Director of People submitted a report (previously circulated) to provide Members with the Annual Self- Assessment for Children’s Services to enable constructive ‘critical friend’ challenge to take place and drive improvement in public services.

It was reported that Children’s Services update each quarter an assessment of social work practice, inclusive of Early Help, based on changes in performance data.  To bring the information into a stand-a-lone easy read document an annual self-assessment overview document is completed.

It was highlighted that the aim of the self-evaluation was to answer three questions: What do we know about the quality and impact of social work practice in our local authority; How do we know it; and What are our plans for the next 12 months to maintain or improve practice.   The self-assessment is used as part of Ofsted’s ILACS Annual Engagement Meeting and plays an important role in their understanding of local authorities and how they work.

RESOLVED – That the report is noted.