The Corporate
Parenting Panel consists of 21 Members of the Council including the
Executive Member for Children and Young People or the Executive
Support Member, and the Chair or Vice-Chair of the Children and
Young People’s Scrutiny Committee.
There are up to ten
non-voting co-opted Members including three school representatives
and three representatives from other agencies.
The Panel has the
following responsibilities:
1. To ensure that the
Council acts as a good corporate parent to children and young
people in care and care leavers, including:
·
Young people in residential care
·
Children and young people in foster care
·
Children placed for adoption
·
Children placed at home under Placement with Parents
Regulations
·
Young people who are living in supported lodgings
·
Young people in secure services
·
Young people in custody
2. To engage and
listen to the views of children, young people and their carers for whom the Council is the
parent.
3. To work in
partnership with other statutory agencies to drive forward
improvements in care.
4. To act as the
governing body for the Virtual School for looked after children and
young people.
5. To act as the
governing body for Aycliffe secure services, monitoring and
ensuring the quality of secure accommodation, education and care.
The CPP produces an
annual report which can be downloaded below
Corporate Parenting Panel Annual Report 2021-22