Growth and development.pdf

InverclydeReorganisation of the Council’s committee structure offers the opportunity to align budgets withhealth partners, to match resources and to “grow” management arrangements as joint workingmatures. The partners are in process of scoping the pot of services. They envisage core budgetsas part of joint resourcing and joint management arrangements for older people and a trainingand development plan for services for older people and other aspects of community care.3. Performance: Children and FamiliesBalance of care – Looked afterchildren (aged 0-17)1999-2000actual1999-2000per 1,000Quartile2000-2001actual2000-2001per 1,000QuartileAt home 144 7.4 1 141 7.3 1With friends/relatives/other community 48 2.5 1 42 2.2 1With foster carers/prospective adopters 32 1.7 4 30 1.6 4In residential accommodation 28 1.5 2 25 1.3 2Total 252 13 1 238 12.3 1Key performance indicators1998-1999actual1998-1999per 1,000Quartile1999-2000actual1999-2000per 1,000QuartileChild protection (CP) referrals 78 4.5 3 170 9.9 1(aged 0-15)Children subject to a CP case 62 3.6 2 76 4.4 1conference (aged 0-15)Children placed on CP register 43 2.5 1 8 0.5 4(aged 0-15)Adoption applications in year 5 0.3 4 5 0.3 3(aged 0-17)Stranger adopter applications 1 0.1 4 3 0.2 3(aged 0-17)Inverclyde has a higher rate of looked after children than most other authorities. High rates oflooked after children live at home or with friends or relatives and a fairly high rate is in residentialaccommodation. There is a very low rate in foster care.The rate of child protection referrals increased substantially between 1998 and 2000 and is nowhigher than in most other authorities. A high rate of children were subject to a case conferencein 1999-2000 but only a small rate were placed on the child protection register, following steepreductions since 1998-1999. The rate of adoption applications is relatively low.Prompted by the Hammond Inquiry and locally-revised procedures, the Inverclyde Child ProtectionCommittee organised multi-disciplinary seminars and workshops which provided a template forneighbouring authorities to adopt.155