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Dorset Council Plan Priorities Update: Children's Services

Meeting: 04/10/2022 - Cabinet (Item 71)

Dorset Council Plan Priorities Update: Children's Services

The Portfolio Holder for Children, Education, Skills, and Early Help to report.

Minutes:

The Portfolio Holder for Children, Education, Skills, and Early Help gave a detailed update on the Children Services priorities (see attached at appendix3).

 

He highlighted

·       The Children, Young People and Families Plan

·       Summer Swimming Programme

·       Work with Citizen’s Advice and Age UK to support the household support fund.

·       Working with Public Health Dorset

·       Young people taking part with “Youth Council” “Takeover Challenge” and through Corporate Parenting Board

·       Pineapple Project

·       The Birth to Settled Adulthood project

·       Supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

·       Adoption and Permeance fostering and

·       80% of Dorset Schools were either Good or Outstanding following Ofsted visits.