Agenda item

Report of the Group Director of People

The Director of Children and Adults Services submitted a report (previously circulated) to provide Members with an update on performance against key performance indicators.

The submitted report provided Quarter 1 (April 2021 to June 2021) performance information in line with an indicator set agreed by the Monitoring and Co-ordination Group and subsequently by each individual Scrutiny Committee.

The submitted report highlighted where Children and Young People were performing well and where there was a need to improve.  It was also outlined that where indicators are reported annually, quarterly updates will not be available.

It was highlighted that 10.1 per cent of the children referred during Q1 had been re-referred to Children’s Social Care within 12 months of a previous referral below the internal target of 18 per cent; Social workers completed 90.8 per cent of the Childrens and Families assessments within timescale, which remains higher than statistical neighbours, regional and national average benchmarks; 89.7 per cent of Initial Child Protection Conferences were held within 15 working days from the strategy meeting / section 47 being initiated, excluding transfer-in conferences which was below internal target however remained higher than our statistical neighbour, regional and national average benchmarks; 100 per cent of children with a Child Protection (CP) plan and 100 per cent of Children in Care (CiC) have an allocated social worker; during Q1 no child had ceased to be subject to a CP plan who had been subject to the plan for two or more years and continue to positively perform below the target of 5 per cent; the number of Children in Care (CiC) has decreased to 264 by the end of June 2021 (end of June 2020 (302)) and work continues to safely reduce the number of children coming into care; 90.5 per cent of statutory CiC visits were completed within timescale in line with the target of 90 per cent; 9.8 per cent of our Children in Care, as of June 2021, had three or more placements within the previous 12 months below internal target, our statistical neighbour, regional and national average benchmarks; 69.1 per cent of our Children in Care aged under 16 (who have been looked after for at least 2.5 years) have been in their current placement continuously for at least two years; 8.8 per cent of our Children in Care have been placed 20 or more miles away from home as of June 2021 below the target of 10 per cent; 86.4 per cent of the children, newly into care, were seen by CDDFT within 20 working days for an initial health assessment; 86.4 per cent of children due a review health assessment year to date had one completed; 21.7 per cent of Care Leavers were not in employment, education or training (NEET) which was positivity below target of 30 per; and 100.0 per cent were in suitable accommodation.

The areas highlighted for focus were in respect of referrals were screened and completed within 1 day during Q1 2021/22 were below the target of 90 per cent at 68.5 per cent and 9 per cent of the referrals took over three days to complete; at the end of June 2021, the percentage of children becoming subject to a CP plan for a second or subsequent time within two years of the previous plan ending was 14.3 per cent above the 6 per cent target, however, related to one family; 87.3 per cent of children received a statutory CP visit within 10 working days during Q1 below the target of 90 per cent; and 55.8 per cent of children due a dental check assessment year to date had one completed

RESOLVED – That the performance information reported for Quarter 1 2021/22 be noted.