Purpose

Approval of the refreshed
Corporate Parenting Strategy

Decision

Report Title: Corporate Parenting Strategy
2025 – 2028
 
Presented by: Councillor Oscar Ford,
Cabinet Member for Children and Young People
 
Cabinet:
 
Approved the Corporate Parenting
Strategy 2025–2028 attached at Appendix One.
 
Noted that the Corporate Parenting
Panel will monitor the delivery of the strategy and associated
action plan, which will include scrutinising that there is:
 
 
o         
Timely access to health and mental health services.
o         
Strengthened education, employment, and mentoring pathways.
o         
Strengthened housing pathways.
o         
Safer placements and community environments.
o         
Meaningful participation of young people in shaping services.
o         
Promotion of fairness, inclusion, and cultural celebration.
 
Noted that the Corporate Parenting
Panel will monitor progress through key performance indicators and
qualitative feedback, with updates to be shared with stakeholders,
including children and young people, by officers in the Starting
Well directorate.
 
Directed officers to carry out an
internal review of the strategy for late 2027, and to make any
interim revisions to the action plan as needed to ensure continued
relevance and impact.