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Fostering Service Annual Report 2016/2017

 

 

Meeting: 19/12/2017 - Cabinet (Item 8)

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Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided details of the work completed by the Medway Council Fostering Service over the last year. It also set out how the in-house Fostering Service had met the needs of Medway’s Looked After Children and established the work planned for the following year.

 

The report covered fully the service and its development in 2016/17, and provided a number of highlights, as set out in paragraph 3.1 of the report.

 

The Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee considered this report on 5 December 2017 and its comments were set out in section 6 of the report.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

The Cabinet noted the comments of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee with thanks, as set out in section 6 of the report.

 

The Cabinet noted the Fostering Service Annual Report 2016-17, as set out at Appendix 1 of the report and commended the Fostering Service for its achievements.

 

Reasons:

 

The National Minimum Standards for Fostering (2011) require that Fostering Agencies report the activity of the fostering service to its governing bodies.