Committees
The Joint Committee on Children and Young People will take place in the Council Chamber, Highland Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness on 16 January 2009 at 2.15 pm. Tea and coffee will be available from 2.00 p.m.
Michelle Morris
Assistant Chief Executive
Highland Council
Declarations of Interest – Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting. Any Member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest. Advice may be sought from Officers prior to the meeting taking place.
Business
1. Apologies
2. Minutes of Meeting of the Joint Committee held on 28 November 2008
Circulated for noting.
3. Revenue Budget 2008/09 – Monitoring Report
Report No CYP-1-09 by Bill Alexander, Head of Children’s Services detailing the position of the Joint Committee for Children and Young People budget as at 31 December 2008.
The Joint Committee is asked to note the current budget position as at 31 December 2008.
4. Substance Misuse and Funding Streams
Report No CYP-2-09 by Pol McClelland, Resource Manager and Suzy Calder, Substance Misuse and Strategy Implementation Manager on the funding streams that support alcohol and substance misuse services for children and young people in Highland and, in line with the developing For Highland’s Children 3 improvement objectives, to put forward proposals to further enhance children’s services with the additional alcohol funding allocation being managed through NHS Highland.
The Joint Committee is asked to consider current activities to address substance misuse by young people and to:-
i. note that improvement objectives for 2009-12 will be included in For
Highland’s Children 3; and
ii. agree to support the proposals to enhance services for children that are
being submitted to the Highland Drug and Alcohol Team.
5. Early Years Framework
Report No CYP-3-09 by Bill Alexander, updating Members on the CoSLA/Scottish Government Early Years Framework.
The Joint Committee is asked to consider and endorse the Early Years Framework and to note that For Highland’s Children 3 will include specific proposals for service improvement in line with this policy initiative.
6. Wraparound Childcare
Report No CYP-4-09 by Sam Brogan, Senior Childcare & Family Resource Officer providing an update on progress towards wraparound care, including the growing role of the local authority and the need to address and formalise key issues. The report also seeks support for plans of Cùram Chloinne Inbhir Nis to establish a Gaelic wraparound service in Inverness.
The Joint Committee is asked to note the progress of wraparound childcare services in Highland and to agree:-
i. the fees for the standard 2009/10 session be £8 per session for out of
school care and £3 per hour for wraparound for 3-5 year olds outwith
nursery provision;
ii. that local authority childcare income be used to provide the means and
infrastructure that is required to deliver the service and any surplus income
be available to support childcare services across the authority;
iii. that operational matters relating to the organisation of local authority
provision be considered by the Highland Council’s Education, Culture and
Sport Committee; and
iv. grant funding of £5,000 be provided to Cùram Chloinne Inbhir Nis for
architectural drawings.
7. Celebrating Success & Challenging Stigma: Who Cares? Trek to
Nepal
Report No CYP-5-09 by Bill Alexander, Head of Children’s Services on proposals for Who Cares? Scotland to enable looked after children and staff to undertake a trek to Nepal in November 2009 and to support two staff and two young people from Highland to participate in this exercise.
The Joint Committee is asked to support half the costs of this trip, for two young people and two staff, at a cost of £4,000, and also to support the fundraising efforts of the group to raise the outstanding amount.
8. For Highland’s Children 3 – Update
Report No CYP-6-09 by Innis Mitchell, Children’s Planning Officer providing an update on the developing framework and detailed content of For Highland’s Children 3.
The Joint Committee is asked to consider the principles and proposals for selecting new Key Outcome Targets and to note the developing framework for For Highland’s Children 3.
9. Future Business of Joint Committee for Children and Young People
Report No CYP-7-09 by Bill Alexander, Head of Children’s Services setting out a proposed list of reports to be considered at future meetings of the Joint Committee on Children and Young People.
The Joint Committee is asked to note the proposed list of reports.
10. Date of Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Joint Committee will be held on Friday 13 March 2009 at 10.30 a.m. in the Centre for Health Sciences, Old Perth Road, Inverness.