Agenda item

Children in Care Council - Update from Senior Project Worker, Investing in Children

Minutes:

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.