The Board to note the governance and membership of the Children and Young People’s Partnership.

Kelechi Nnoaham, Director for Public Health reported that it was important to get this right for children and young people.  Whatever we do we must give regard to the voice of the child and creating a vehicle for greater voice for the child here.  A formal establishment of the Children and Young People’s Partnership (CYPP) as a subcommittee of this Board creates a mechanism for this Board to work with other partners across the life course of a child.  It also sets out the protocol between the Children and Young People’s Partnership, the Health and Wellbeing Board and Plymouth Safeguarding Children Board (PSCB) and begins to describe the mechanism across the three entities.

The following comments were made -

(a)           that good start in life was crucial but there were other factors important to this Board and how many other boards would become sub committees of this Board?

(b)          that there were possibilities of further partnerships to have a more statutory footing and this Board to consider over the next 12 months;

(c)           one of the Ofsted requirements was to demonstrate the links between this Board, CYPP and PSCB and this formalises the arrangements.

Agreed that –

1.            the working protocol between the Health and Wellbeing Board, Children and Young People’s Partnership and the Plymouth Safeguarding Children Board.

2.            the establishment of the Children and Young People’s Partnership as a sub-committee of the Health and Wellbeing Board.

3.            to appoint the Assistant Director for Education, Learner and Family Support as chair of the Children and Young People’s Partnership and as a member of the Health and Wellbeing Board.

4.            the addition of two provisional board meetings to the business meeting calendar.