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To consider and comment on this report.

The Chair of the Committee invited the Vice Chair to introduce the new iteration of the CYPP, that would run from 2019-2022, and he described it as the apex of a planning pyramid and the framework of objectives. He noted that the new CYPP had 4 priorities: Supported Families; Healthy Lives; A Great Education; and Positive Outcomes he hoped this would make the CYPP more manageable and allow for better allocation of resources.

He emphasised it would be important to determine how well is it working, is it working fast enough, measures for success, wrong measures and wrong behaviour, importance of what measures are adopted to measure how well it is working.

The Committee received a presentation providing an update on the continuing development of the three-year Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP) that was close to be finalised. It was envisaged the final version of the new CYPP would contain 21 pages and it had been designed to be flexible and adaptable.

The Committee’s attention was drawn to each of the 4 priority areas and it was highlighted that each priority had a set of desired outcomes and comment was requested on the measures that would show if the plan was making a difference.

Points were made, issues raised and/or questions asked/answered including: a discussion about data and how it would be monitored;

how could resilience be effectively monitored and measured;

achieving an effective balance between measuring emotional/mental health and physical health and if they were clearly explained in the CYPP; comparison between statistical neighbours and national tracking;

consideration be given to the colours used in the CYPP and ensuring the text could be read if on a coloured background;

the Plan on a Plan had been taken out and would eb reproduced as a poster/screensaver and be in a child friendly;

keeping track of appropriate education measures and outcomes;

could Young Carers be given a higher profile in the CYPP;

a few formatting any typographical errors were highlighted.

It was noted that the quarterly reporting would continue, data dashboard, service plans, progress narrative, future reports to Scrutiny would be more succinct and streamlined. It was planned to have 1 scorecard to show the direction of travel, and there was a brief discussion about how the Committee Champion might realign to cover the new priority areas.

Partnership working appeared to be a consistent theme and it was noted that that the success of such working was dependent on the different systems working well and consistently together. It was noted that intra system variability was analysed, there was a joint approach and the partnership had matured over the time of the CYPP.

It was noted that a short film was being prepared to show how the new CYP had been developed, and there would be a ‘soft launch’ from 1 April onwards. The new CYP would not be a paper document it would be available as an online resource.

It was requested if the link to the West Somerset Area website could be shared. It was requested if the link to the final version of the CYPP, when ready, be circulated to all members of the Council.

The report was accepted by the Committee.