Issue - meetings

10 minutes

The Board is asked to sign off the 2024-2030 Children and Young People’s Plan and terms of reference for the Children and Young Peoples Group and note updates to Priority 1 of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy Implementation Plan.

Sarah McCluskey (Strategic Commissioning Officer) /Mary Kearney Knowles (Director – Children’s Services and Education).

Sarah McCluskey (Strategic Commissioning Officer) introduced the report and drew attention to the following:

1.  The Children and Young People’s Plan sought to deliver on Priority 1 and strategy objectives of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

2.  The Children and Young People’s sub group of the Health and Wellbeing

3.  Board oversaw the delivery of the plan.

4.  An update on the red/amber exception reports was included in the appendix.

In addition to the updates set out in the report, the Board received the following verbal updates in relation to exception reports:

Laura Ambler reported that the ICB was in the process of restructuring and one of the proposals was for an Emotional Health and Wellbeing Lead in the Children and Young People’s Team who would work across the BSW area. 

Mary Kearney-Knowles reported that work was ongoing to resource a Designated Social Care Officer (DSCO) as recommended in the SEND Review and there would soon be an update on the new role.

Board Members raised the following comments:

1.  The Children and Young People’s Plan should also refer to the physical as well as emotional health and wellbeing of CYP.

2.  There was a lot of good work going on in relation to social, emotional and mental health and it would be useful to have a Development Session dedicated to this area in the future.

3.  It was good to see that the monitoring of the JHWS was happening and that the Board was being updated in relation to the exception reports.

4.  In response to questions about the membership of the CYP Sub-Group, it was recommended that this be looked at as part of the next 6-month review.

The Board RESOLVED to

1.  Note and approve the CYPP 2024-2030 with the addition of the word “physical” in addition to “emotional health and wellbeing”.

2.  Note and approve the revised TORs for the CYP Sub-Group of the Health and Wellbeing Board.

3.  Note and approve updates relating to the Priority 1 Strategic Objectives that were flagged as either RED or AMBER in the Q4 exception report.