Agenda item

CORPORATE PERFORMANCE REPORT (Q4 AND Q1)

The Sub-Committee will receive Corporate Performance Information for Quarter 4 of 2015 and Quarter 1 of 2016 relevant to its remit (reports attached).

 

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee received the Corporate Performance Annual Report for 2015/16.  It was noted that there were 13 Corporate Performance Indicators that fell within the remit of the Sub-Committee.  Of the 13 indicators, 10 were rated Green and 3 were rated Red or Amber.

 

Eight of the indicators related to the SAFE goal, five of which were shown as having a green status, and three indicators were shown as having a red or amber status.  The Sub-Committee noted the highlights of the year, including that the child protection plans lasting more than two years continued to perform well with none of Havering’s children and young people falling into this category during 2015/16; and the percentage of children and families reporting that Early Help service made a positive and quantifiable difference to assessed needs is higher than targets, and also higher than the previous quarter.  The pilot had ceased and was moving forward with the Outcome Star being recently commissioned.

 

It was noted that there was a change in the monitoring of the percentage of children who waited less than 14 months between entering care and moving in with their adoptive families.  Stronger arrangements were being put in place however it was explained that delays may be beneficial for the child.

 

Five of the indicators related to the PROUD goal, all five were shown as having a green status.  The Sub-Committee noted the highlights of the year, including that apprenticeships remained on the increase as an attractive post-16 option and that the Council had continued to perform well in relation to the proportion of 16 to 19 year olds not in education, employment or training (NEET).

 

The Performance dashboard was discussed and noted.  Officers explained that the decrease seen in the number of Child Protections Plans was due to more collaborative working with partners, rather than statutory interventions.  This was much better for the child.

 

The Sub-Committee noted that a consultation on customer satisfaction was being carried out across the Council.  This would be different in each service area.  Within Children’s Services, using the Outcome Star, a cohort of 25 children and families would be tracked over a two year period, to understand their experiences and the difference that the service and any interventions had made to their lives and how this was sustained. 

 

There were also plans to develop an “app” that children could use to give feedback on the care they received.

 

The Sub-Committee received the Corporate Performance Report for quarter 1 of 2016/17, in presentation form.  Officers explained that the new reporting cycled for performance information would now come, in presentation form to the Sub-Committee, then onto the Overview and Scrutiny Board before onto Cabinet.  This way the Sub-Committee would be able to scrutinise the information in a timely manner and report on any work of the Sub-Committee in line with the performance information.

 

The Sub-Committee noted that of the 15 Performance Indicators, data was available for 12.  The ratings for these indicators were, 7 had a rating of Green and 5 had a rating of Red.  A new indicator had been added, which looked at the Percentage of care proceedings under 26 weeks. Data for this indicator would be available for Quarter 2.

 

The improvements that were required included establishing new in-house foster carers.  The full year target was 20, therefore a campaign to recruit further foster carers and to up-skill existing foster carers, to be able to take a range of children was being put in place. 

 

The Chairman informed the Sub-Committee that she had recently received a leaflet in the post that advertised fostering in Tower Hamlets, the leaflet gave a high level of information including the fees that could be received.  Members asked if the figures were comparative with those in Havering.  Officers explained that with the housing stock and the demography in Havering, it was suited to a number of foster carers.  It was added that the support to foster carers was considered excellent in Havering.  Officers agreed to feedback details of the fees for Havering at a later date.

 

The Sub-Committee noted that all the indicators (5) under the PROUD goal were rated Green, with one indicator on the number of apprentices (aged 16-18) recruited in the borough being a new indicator and therefore not having any data available.  All other indicators were either maintaining or improving.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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