Corporate Parenting Board - Chair proposal (Mark Lines)
Argyll and Bute Council · 6 October 2022
Back to Argyll and Bute Community Planning Partnership - Management Committee — 6 October 2022 and its agenda
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Management Committee Date: 6 October 2022 Corporate Parenting Board - Nomination of Replacement Chair 1.0 Purpose The purpose of this report is to request CPP Management Committee to confirm the next Chair of the Argyll and Bute Corporate Parenting Board. 2.0 Recommendations The CPP Management Committee are asked to confirm Takki Sulaiman as the new Chair of the Corporate Parenting Board, to lead the delivery of the Corporate Parenting Plan and to support and challenge all Corporate Parents to deliver on their responsibilities and the transformation for care services as envisioned by The Promise. 2.0 Background The CPP at its meeting on 16 March 2022, tasked Argyll and Bute’s Children Strategic Group with identifying a suitable replacement chair for the Argyll and Bute Corporate Parenting Board following the retirement of the previous chair Cllr Mary-Jean Devon. The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 introduced a number of statutory duties on all Corporate Parents, with 24 Scottish public bodies identified in legislation as Corporate Parents. The Argyll and Bute Corporate Parenting Board was established in 2013 and currently meets quarterly to provide leadership and direction to the Corporate Parents of Argyll and Bute in working together to improve the outcomes and maximise the life opportunities for all our care experienced children and young people. The Chair is appointed by the CPP and was Cllr Mary-Jean Devon; who did not stand for re-election in the May 2022 elections. There is no requirement for the Chair to be an elected member. The Argyll and Bute Corporate Parenting Board includes the Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership, Argyll and Bute Council, NHS Highland, Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration, Children’s Hearings Scotland, Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Third Sector Interface (TSI) and Who Cares? Scotland to name but a few. The Board is responsible for ensuring the development and implementation of the Argyll and Bute Corporate Parenting Plan which details how our Corporate Parenting
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responsibilities will be met and how we will improve the lives and outcomes for our care experienced children and young people, including care leavers. Since the establishment of the Board the importance of working to ensure that every care experienced child has the care and support they need to thrive has been given ever greater emphasis with the publication of the Care Leavers Covenant in 2018, the National Care Review in 2020 and subsequently The Promise, with its challenge to deliver a far reaching 10 year transformational change of the Scottish care system, and of community services to those at risk of coming into care, their families, parents and carers. 4.0 Detail Takki Sulaiman is recommended as a suitable replacement chair for the Corporate Parenting Board. He has a range of personal and professional experiences chairing multiagency and strategic planning meetings, is Chief Executive Officer of the Third Sector Interface, a member of the CPP and IJB, has a strong interest in and understanding of issues within the remit of the Board and a commitment to including the voice of lived experience. Takki is also a foster carer. The Corporate Parenting Board currently meets quarterly and considers Corporate Parents’ progress in meeting their duties and responsibilities, maintains an awareness of national policy and other changes which may impact on care experienced children and oversees the implementation of the Corporate Parenting plan. Recently the Board begun to receive and consider representations from our care experienced participation groups. The Corporate Parenting Plan contributes to delivery of Outcome 4 and as such sits within the overall structure of integrated children’s services planning. The Corporate Parenting Board reports to the Community Planning Partnership via the Argyll and Bute’s Children Strategic Group. Since its establishment in 2013 the size and complexity of the strategic challenge to Corporate Parents and to the Board has grown exponentially. While the Care Leavers Covenant continues to drive a transformation of services for care leavers, The Promise has placed itself at the centre of a major transformational change agenda for Scotland’s Care system, to improve community supports to children and families so that fewer children in Scotland need to grow up in care and to ensure that that those who do grow up in care can all receive the care, nurturing, love and support every child needs to thrive. This involves a transformation of services, of attitudes and values, of our workforce and of the scaffolding we put around families, communities and children. The Promise is anticipated to continue to be a key driver of change and to influence, shape, drive and challenge Corporate Parents to deliver far reaching transformational change through to 2030 and beyond. In working to improve the voice and influence of care experienced people in the development and delivery of policy and planning, as envisioned in The Promise, in 2022, the Corporate Parenting appointed our first care experienced Co Chair and committed to increasing the involvement of care experienced children, young people, and adults in the work of the Board.
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5.0 Conclusions Takki Sulaiman is nominated by Argyll and Bute’s Children Strategic Group as the new Chair of the Argyll and Bute Corporate Parenting Board. He has a personal commitment to improving the lives of care experienced children, can provide the leadership and challenge to Corporate Parents to deliver not only on their corporate parenting duties but also the Corporate Plan and to support the wider transformation of our care system and deliver on The Promise in Argyll and Bute. 6.0 Implications Strategic Implications Key role in contributing to delivery of strategic priorities for Outcome 4 Consultations, Previous considerations Establishment of Board and appointment of chair by CPP agreed ion 2013 Resources None Prevention None Equalities None For more information, contact: David Gibson – Daibhidh MacGileabairt Chief Social Work Officer - Àrd-Oifigear Obair shòisealta Head of Children, Families & Justice - Ceannard Cloinne, Theaghlaichean & Ceartais Argyll & Bute Health and Social Care Partnership - Com-pàirteachas Slàinte agus Cùram Sòisealta Earra Ghàidheal is Bhòid david.gibson@argyll-bute.gov.uk