Agenda and minutes

Improving Lives Select Commission - Wednesday 14 March 2012 1.30 p.m.

Venue: Town Hall, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM. S60 2TH

Contact: Hannah Etheridge, Democratic Services

Items
No.	Item
40.	Declarations of interest. View the background to item 40. Minutes: There were no Declarations of Interest to report.
41.	Questions from members of the public and the press. View the background to item 41. Minutes: There were no members of the public or the press present at the meeting.
42.	Communications. View the background to item 42. Minutes: It was noted that the minutes of the meeting held on 1^st February, 2012, would be submitted to the April Select Commission.
43.	Transitional arrangements for young people moving from Child to Adult Social Care. View the background to item 43. Shona McFarlane, Director, Health and Wellbeing, Neighbourhood and Adult Services, and Sharon Davies, Person Centred Planning Coordinator, Learning Disability Services, Neighbourhood and Adult Services, to present: - Presentation around Person Centred Reviews; - Case study video showing a young man’s Person Centred Review. Minutes: Sharon Davies, Person Centred Planning Co-ordinator, and John Williams, Learning Disability Services Service Manager, gave the following powerpoint presentation:- Valuing People Priorities ‘The Vision’ - Making the transition to adulthood a positive experience - Every young person with a learning disability and with a Statement will have a Person Centred Review from the age of 14-19 by 2011 - The Year 9 Review will produce a Person Centred Transition Plan that will inform the commissioning and provision of future service and support, be reviewed each year and be the core of a smooth transition to Adult Services - By 2011 far more young people will leave school and college with paid jobs and will have individual budgets Applying Person Centred approaches to Transition To discover - What is important to the young person - What support they want and need - What are the young person’s dreams and aspirations To explore what could be possible - What might be best practice in people getting the lives they want (where they live, work, education and social life etc.) To explore what is practical and possible locally to achieve the things that are important to and for the young person The Essence of Person Centred Planning - It is focused – a much clearer focus on the young person throughout the meeting - It is positive – starting the meeting on a positive note sets the tone for the rest of the review - It is energising – person centred approaches help to keep everyone active and engaged in the process - It is flexible – the reviews differed, reflecting the different personalities of the young person - It is different – the positive, open and relaxed atmosphere of using person centred approaches affected the way everyone contributed to the meeting - It is about partnership and action for change How it is Done/Practicalities - Securing commitment - Preparing for the review - Having the right setting - Gathering and recording information - Using a variety of media - Facilitating the review process - Making time/taking time Review Headings - Who is here? - What we like and admire - What is working well - What is not working well - What is important to … now - What is important to … in the future - What support does the person need to stay healthy and safe - Action plan The Year 10 Review - Structured around 3 questions What is possible for the future? What do we want for the future? What are we going to do to move this forward? The Keys to Citizenship - Community Life - Circle of Support - Home - In Control - Direction - Money Discussion ensued on the presentation with the following issues raised/highlighted:- o Reviews undertaken in partnerships with the schools in Y9. A team consisting of Children Services, Adult Services and Connexions worked together to facilitate them o Each Review would be reviewed annually as a minimum but there ... view the full minutes text for item 43.
44.	Rotherham Local Safeguarding Children Board's Annual Report 2010-11 PDF 40 KB View the background to item 44. Alan Hazell, Independent Chair of Rotherham Local Safeguarding Children Board, and Phil Morris, Business Manager, Rotherham Local Safeguarding Children Board, to report. Additional documents: RLSCB Ann Rpt 2010-11 Final , item 44. PDF 711 KB RLSCB Business Plan 2012-15 V1.0 , item 44. PDF 116 KB Minutes: Alan Hazell, Independent Chair of the Rotherham Local Safeguarding Children Board, and Phil Morris, Business Manager, Rotherham Local Safeguarding Children Board, presented the first annual report on the effectiveness of safeguarding children in the local area. The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 introduced a requirement for Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) to produce and publish an annual report on the effectiveness of safeguarding children in the local area. A copy of the annual report had to be submitted to the Children and Young People’s Trust Board. In May, 2011, Professor Eileen Munro published her third and final report on her Government commissioned Review of Child Protection. In July, 2011, the Government published its response in which all but 1 of her recommendations were accepted. It was intended that the 2011/12 report and the 2012-15 business plan would be published concurrently as the current business plan was regularly updated in the light of outcomes achieved and new objectives required. The business plan submitted represented the most recent update. The Select Commission gave serious consideration to the report with the following issues raised/clarified:- - South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service had recently become a Board member. The UK Border Agency was to join the Exploitation Sub-Group - 2011/12 was the first full year of lay members – the annual report would include a section on their views - Rotherham had 1 Board for Children and 1 for Adults. Extensive consideration had been given to this during the past 12 months and there was no other area that had a joint board. They both had huge agendas in their own right, each with competing priorities and statutory duties. The Independent Chair had a place on the Adults Safeguarding Board and vice versa. The interface between Adults and Children Services had been strengthened considerably during the last year - The number of Board members had been kept to the minimum whilst recognising the need for agencies to be there together with advisors. There was a system of named deputies in operation. A number of 1-1 meetings with each member of the Board were being arranged to challenge what they were doing, how they got their message across and how concerns/messages from agencies were fed into the Board - The sub-groups operated on a ‘3 strikes out” basis with each sub-group Chair being a member of the Board. If an agency was not represented on the Board but was on the sub-group a report was submitted. Sub-groups submitted 6 monthly reports - There were now only 6 sub-groups – Policy and Procedure, Exploitation, Performance and Quality Assurance, Learning and Development, Child Death Overview and Serious Case Review - In accordance with the 2006 Act, it was a requirement for every local authority to have a Local Authority Designated Officer. It was a very specific role which dealt with allegations relating to a parent, carer or someone in a specific role/responsibility for looking after children. The number of allegations in Rotherham ... view the full minutes text for item 44.
45.	Date and time of next meeting: - View the background to item 45. Wednesday 25^th April, 2012, to begin at 1.30 pm in the Rotherham Town Hall. Minutes: Resolved:- That a further meeting be held on Wednesday, 25^th April, 2012, commencing at 1.30 p.m.