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Goals set for the year in children's services

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Published date16 June 2022
Scrutiny board councillors and lay members heard Calderdale Council officers say plans were in place to achieve these goals

Tackling inequalities are a key part of measures planned, and, with a cost of living crisis gathering, will be crucial, Children and Young People's Services Scrutiny Board members said, with some suggesting food provision options to help those who needed it should be considered.

They welcomed the strategy and there needed to be some way to measure its impact, they agreed.

Board Chair Clr Ashley Evans (Lib Dem, Warley) said members had to recognise there were a wide range of issues to be dealt with and they should focus on a number of them and prioritise.

Members had heard service goals included enhanced training for early health practitioners, including working on families' strengths, recruiting more foster carers for Calderdale children and investing in more residential care by buying a second house - offering places to children which are better quality, closer to home and more economic - and increasing the number of apprenticeships available for care-leavers, both at the council and in businesses, are key aims.

Other targets include working with early years settings and schools to improve the percentage which are rated "good" or "outstanding" by Ofsted, improving the percentage of children who are ready to start school through parenting support and using the council's 50 things to do before you are five as a guide and developing special needs provision, including alternative provision. The Education Welfare Service will support schools to improve attendance and reduce the exclusion...

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