Meeting documents

To consider this report and presentation.

The Committee considered this report that explained Somerset Children’s Trust (SCT) was developing a new 3-year Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP) from April 2019.  This new CYPP would follow a multi-agency approach and be influenced by the engagement with children and young people undertaken during 2018.

The new CYPP would run from 2019-2022 and set out the actions the SCT and its partners were taking to continue and sustain improvements in children’s services and build on the achievements made since 2016.

The report was supported by a presentation and this noted that the new CYPP would focus on 4 priority areas, each managed by a specific Boards to ensure that every child and young person in Somerset would benefit from:

1. A Happy Family Life

2. A Healthy Start to Life

3. A Great Education to Build Skills for Life

4. Positive Activities

A timeline for progress of adopting the CYPP was noted by the Committee and it was proposed to present the final/agreed CYPP at the 22 March meeting. The new CYPP would then be formally launched by the SCT during April 2019. 

There was some discussion about:

·       Members were positive about the approach and how it aligned with the young peoples views

·       It was felt it would be helpful to explain the RAG status

·       Ensuring the childrens voice continues to be heard and to shape the implementation of the plan

·       How commissioners can be involved in the cycle and not at the end of the process

The Children’s Commissioning Manager was thanked for her hard work and her outstanding engagement with young people.