Child Protection in Angus
National Guidance - Reporting Mechanisms
Each CPC is required to prepare and submit an annual report and annual plan.
These will be:
- integrated into the planning and reporting cycles for children's services planning, which is a rolling three year plan;
- completed annually, and cover the financial year; and
- submitted to the Scottish Government as part of the integrated children services planning requirements, and published no later than the end of June following the end of the financial year.
CPC annual reports need to fulfil a number of functions.
They will:
- provide an account of the year's work against the previous year's plan;
- provide information on the level and quality of interagency work; and
- outline a business plan, including a budget for the coming year, in order to:
- allow some comparison across CPCs and, more importantly, year on year trends for individual CPCs;
- provide public information, both to staff in partner agencies and the wider public about the activity of the CPC; and
- inform policy development at local and national level.
To fulfil these functions a significant degree of consistency is needed in both the core coverage and format of these reports, although additional local elements will also be appropriate as agreed with Chief Officers. It is important that it is possible to make comparisons between CPCs, and help assess progress made by each CPC over time. To that end, the following format is recommended and whatever format is adopted these elements will be included.
Annual Report on Protecting Children and Young People in CPC area
Preface from Chief Officers
This will endorse the report and the business plan and be signed by the Chief Officers and the chair.
Introduction
This introduction will set the scene, highlight particular issues or challenges faced by the area and/or CPC in respect of child protection in the period covered by the report, and any particular achievements or good practice.
Evaluation and Inspection
This section will summarise:
- any evaluation work undertaken or commissioned by the CPC;
- relationship between national and local statistical trends;
- any inspection undertaken of the CPC; and
- implications for future actions.
Fulfilling Functions
This section will be completed under nine key headings with reference to the bullet points. Evidence should be provided against each of the bullets.
- Public Information;
- Policies, Procedures and Protocols;
- Management Information;
- Quality Assurance;
- Promotion of Good Practice;
- Training and Staff Development;
- Communication and Co-operation;
- Planning and Connections; and
- Listening to Children and Young People.
Future Planning
The plan for the next 12 months will be summarised under the nine headings under an agreed template.
A suggested model is as follows:
- Objective
- What are we going to do?
- When will we do it by?
- What resources do we need to do this?
- How will we know we have done it?
Conclusion
Concluding comments.
Appendices
Membership
A list of the membership of the CPC, and officers serving the CPC, will be included here.
Resources dedicated to the CPC
Where these have come from, and new resources over the year. Any resources identified jointly, e.g. with DAATs.
Sub group/working groups
Membership (if a standing group), remit and outputs.
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