Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of the draft Children and Young People’s Plan 2011/2014. This Plan provided the key priorities for children’s services in Medway together with the key priorities for partnership action to improve outcomes for Medway’s children and young people. The Plan was informed by the Every Child Matters needs assessment which explored current data about needs and outcomes for children and young people together with an analysis of a range of information from a variety of multi-agency partners.

It was noted that there were 12 partnership priorities, which had a number of associated key actions that would drive the implementation of the priorities across the partnership. The priorities were attached to the following age groups: Pregnancy and Early Years; School Years and; Becoming an Adult.

The report had been previously considered by the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee (19 July 2011) and the Children’s Trust Board (4 September 2011).

Details of a Diversity Impact Assessment screening form were set out in Appendix B to the report. The report stated that a full impact assessment was not required as all areas of activity covered in the plan were subject to the equalities policies of the relevant organisations involved in the partnership.

Additional information was tabled at the meeting which presented some revisions to the Plan, replacing pages 26, 50, 63, 78/79, 80/81, 85/86 and 93 of the Plan set out in the Cabinet agenda.

Reasons:

The Children and Young People’s Plan is currently one of the key documents in the authority’s policy framework. 

This Plan sets the vision and strategic direction for Medway Council and the partners of the Medway Children’s Trust to collectively improve children’s lives and ensure Medway is a great place in which to live, learn and grow up.