Ellie Seed, Senior Project Worker, Investing
in Children, provided an update on the activities of the Children
in Care Council (CiCC) as follows:
- Plans are in place for the meeting
with corporate parents, facilitated by the young people of the CiCC
at the Methodist Church, North Road, Durham on Tuesday 24 October
from 5.30–7.30pm. All Panel
members were welcome to attend the meeting and join in with the
discussions and activities.
- Three young people had been involved
in a Regional CiCC conference with the topic being ‘Life in
Care for Young People’.
- Two young people had taken part in a
‘mystery shopping’ exercise and the feedback from this
would be shared with the Panel.
- One of the young people involved in
the project to refurbish the contact centre at Stanley had asked if
she could include suggestions made by service users for future
projects. In light of this, service
users were being contacted to ask for their input and costings were
being sought. The Head of Looked After
Children and Care Leavers will provide information to the CiCC on
the number of contact centres and their locations throughout the
county.
- Work was continuing with the younger
children and a soft-play event will be held in Consett on 14
November.
- The CiCC are working with the
Children and Young People’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee
on a piece of work on a child’s perspective of a Social
Worker.