Corporate Parenting Committee

Recent meetings

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15 Jul 2026

2:00 pm

Corporate Parenting Committee - Wednesday 15 July 2026 2.00 pm

22 attendees · 0 documents · 0 media files

22 Apr 2026

5:00 pm

Corporate Parenting Committee - Wednesday 22 April 2026 5.00 pm

The Corporate Parenting Committee of Southwark Council was scheduled to discuss a range of important issues concerning children in care and care leavers. Key topics included updates on the Virtual School's work regarding suspensions and exclusions, developm...

25 Feb 2026

2:00 pm

Corporate Parenting Committee - Wednesday 25 February 2026 2.00 pm

The Corporate Parenting Committee of Southwark Council was scheduled to discuss a range of important topics concerning children in care and care leavers. Key discussions were planned around substance misuse, annual reports on corporate parenting, fostering,...

22 Oct 2025

Corporate Parenting Committee - Wednesday 22 October 2025 2.00 pm

The Corporate Parenting Committee was scheduled to meet to discuss several reports and strategies relating to children in care, including the annual virtual head teacher's report, the fostering annual report, and an update on the corporate parenting strateg...

16 Jul 2025

Corporate Parenting Committee - Wednesday 16 July 2025 2.00 pm

The Corporate Parenting Committee was scheduled to meet on 16 July 2025 to discuss several issues relating to children in care, including employability pathways for care leavers, the annual health report for looked after children, and the Southwark Homes fo...

17 Apr 2025

Corporate Parenting Committee - Thursday 17 April 2025 2.15 pm

The Corporate Parenting Committee was scheduled to meet on Thursday 17 April 2025 to discuss a work plan for the coming year, receive a verbal update from Speakerbox, and hold a workshop on care leavers entering employment.

01 Apr 2025

Corporate Parenting Committee - Tuesday 1 April 2025 2.00 pm

POSTPONED

This meeting has been postponed.

26 Feb 2025

Corporate Parenting Committee - Wednesday 26 February 2025 2.00 pm

The Corporate Parenting Committee noted the adoption performance annual report 2023-2024, noted the verbal update from SpeakerBox, noted the Virtual Headteacher update on absenteeism, and agreed the approach and work plan as set out in the report.

11 Nov 2024

Corporate Parenting Committee - Monday 11 November 2024 2.00 pm

21 attendees · 3 documents · 0 media files

17 Jul 2024

Corporate Parenting Committee - Wednesday 17 July 2024 2.00 pm

The meeting was scheduled to receive annual reports on the Southwark Council Fostering Service and the health of Children Looked After (CLA) in Southwark. In addition, the committee was scheduled to elect a vice-chair for 2024-25 and agree on their work pla...

About

The purpose of the committee is: · To secure real and sustained improvements in the life chances of looked after children, and to work within an annual programme to that end · To develop, monitor and review a corporate parenting strategy and work plan · To seek to ensure that the life chances of looked after children are maximised in terms of health educational attainment, and access to training and employment, to aid the transition to a secure and productive adulthood · To develop and co-ordinate a life chances strategy and work plan to improve the life chances of Southwark looked after children · To recommend ways in which more integrated services can be developed across all council departments, schools and the voluntary sector to lead towards better outcomes for looked after children · To ensure that mechanisms are in place to enable looked after children and young people to play an integral role in service planning and design, and that their views are regularly sought and acted upon · To ensure performance monitoring systems are in place, and regularly review performance data to ensure sustained performance improvements in outcomes for looked after children · To receive an annual report on the adoption and fostering services to monitor their effectiveness in providing safe and secure care for looked after children · To report to the council’s executive on a yearly basis · To make recommendations to the relevant executive decision maker where responsibility for that particular function rests with the executive · To report to the scrutiny sub-committee with responsibility for children’s services after each meeting · To appoint non-voting co-opted members The corporate parenting committee meets on average four times a year at the Council Offices at 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH unless indicated otherwise.