Constitution Part 3 - The Authoritys functions and delegation scheme

Children's Services Committee

The Children’s Services Committee is made up of 7 Elected Members as well as a number of other Members including statutory Diocesan representatives (for education matters), school heads, school parent governors and young people The young people provide the Committee with a fresh perspective on children’s services. The Committee is responsible for children’s services including the protection of children and young people and exercising the Authority’s functions as Local Education Authority.

Children’s Services Committee also has a Sub-Committee ‘Corporate Parent Forum’ which is made up of the members of Children’s Services Committee and other non-voting members which include foster carers and formerly looked after children. The Corporate Parent Forum is responsible for the development, implementation and review of the Council’s Corporate Parent Strategies and policies in order to ensure that the Council’s duty as a ‘Corporate Parent’ is discharged properly, effectively and consistently. 

Children's Services Committee Membership

Membership: 7 Councillors

Quorum: 3

No Chidren's Services Committee Function
1

Responsibility for:

  • Children’s Services including the care and protection of children and young people.
  • Exercising the Council’s functions as Local Education Authority. 
2

Responsibility for the formulation, development and implementation of the Policy Framework, other Strategies and Plans and service areas:

Policy Framework:

  • Youth Justice Plan

Service Areas:

  • Child Safeguarding, Assessment and Support (EDCS)
  • Children looked after and leaving care (EDCS)
  • Fostering and adoption (EDCS)
  • Quality and Review / Independent Reviewing Officers (EDCS)
  • Local Safeguarding Children Board (EDCS)
  • Children’s Strategic Commissioning (EDCS)
  • Youth Support Services (EDCS)
  • Youth Offending Service (EDCS) 
  • Early Help including children’s centres and 0-19 healthy child programme (EDCS)
  • Monitoring of Schools Causing Concern
  • School Improvement Support and Challenge (EDCS)
  • Curriculum development and enrichment (EDCS)
  • Performance management and self-evaluation (EDCS)
  • Pupil Referral Unit (EDCS)
  • ICT in schools (EDCS)
  • Transformation of Learning (EDCS)
  • School Capital Programmes (EDCS)
  • Social and Educational Inclusion (EDCS)
  • School Transformation (EDCS)
  • Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (EDCS)
  • Educational Psychology (EDCS)
  • Early Years Foundation Stage (EDCS)
  • School Capital (in partnership with DNRS) (EDCS)
  • School Admissions and School Place Planning (EDCS) 
3 Power to nominate and approve persons for appointment as Local Authority school governors. 
4 Determination of usage and oversight of grant funding in relation to grants that fall within the Policy Committee’s remit, where required under the conditions of grant.