Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of the work completed by the Fostering Service over the last year, how in-house fostering services had met the needs of Medway’s looked after children and of the work which should be undertaken in the coming year.

The report noted that a further annual report would be produced in May 2021 which would detail the work for the financial year and this report would be produced annually in May in subsequent years.

The annual report was considered by the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 1 December 2020, details of which were set out at section 17 of the report.

Reasons:

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