Agenda item

To present the updated Tendring Children and Young People’s (C&YP) Strategy 2017 -2020, including the C&YP Partnership Delivery Plan 2017 – 2018.

(a)         the comments from the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee be noted;

(b)         the Tendring Children & Young People’s Strategy 2017 – 2020, as set out at Appendix A to item A.14 of the Report of the Health and Education Portfolio Holder, be approved;

(c)         the Children and Young People’s Partnership Delivery Plan 2017/2018 as set out at Appendix B to the aforesaid report, be approved in support of the Council’s Corporate Plan priorities; and

(d)         the Tendring Children & Young People’s Partnership Delivery Plan be reviewed annually with updates provided to the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee.

There was submitted a report by the Portfolio Holder for Health and Education (Report A.14), which sought Cabinet’s agreement for the updated Tendring Children & Young People’s (C&YP) Strategy 2017 – 2020, including the C&YP Partnership Delivery Plan 2017/2018.

Members were aware Tendring District Council’s (TDC) Corporate Plan 2016-2020 put Community Leadership at the heart of everything the Council did and within that context, the children and young people living within the District, their education, safety, health and wellbeing, and raising aspirations continued to be a priority. In the County of Essex, the overall responsibility and accountability for meeting the needs of children and young people in the area rested with Essex County Council as the lead authority. TDC had an influencing role and can also provide support bringing agencies together.

Cabinet was reminded that the Tendring Children & Young People’s Partnership Delivery Plan 2015/2016 had been reviewed at the end of December 2016, and an update provided at the meeting of the Community Leadership & Partnership Committee held in January 2017.

It was reported that further work had now been undertaken to research, consult and develop an updated Strategy and Partnership Delivery Plan in order to reflect the changing priorities and needs within the District.  Consultation had included members of the North East Essex Children’s Partnership, the Tendring Youth Strategy Group, the Tendring Community Safety Partnership, the Tendring Public Health Officer, as well as consideration of feedback from young people and their views on needs and priorities (the Essex Youth Service Young People Consultation 2016).

Cabinet was informed that the revised and updated C&YP Strategy focused on four priority areas.  Progress would only be achieved on those priorities through working in partnership.  The role of TDC was to influence and bring partners together to support the delivery of tangible outcomes for the children and young people of Tendring.  Those four priority areas were –

Start Well – to continue to support schools in improving and maintaining attainment levels, promoting school readiness, and a positive experience and opportunities through school to allow each child to achieve their full potential.

Stay Safe – children and young people feeling safe in their community.

Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing – enjoying good mental health and wellbeing.

Positive Futures  - working together with partners to enable families to lift themselves out of poverty, enhance aspirations and provide opportunities for life long wellbeing.

Cabinet was made aware that at the meeting of the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee held on 2 October 2017, Members had considered the draft Tendring Children & Young People’s (C&YP) Strategy 2017 – 2020, and the Partnership Delivery Plan 2017/2018 and had submitted the following comments to Cabinet, namely that -

“(a)      the Committee supports the draft Tendring Children & Young People Strategy 2017 –2020 at Appendix A;

(b)       the Committee supports the draft C&YP Partnership Delivery Plan 2017/2018 at Appendix B in support of the Corporate Plan priorities;

(c)       the Tendring Children & Young People Partnership Delivery Plan will be reviewed annually and updates provided to the Community Leadership & Partnerships Committee;

(d)       the Committee would like to express that it has very strong concerns about child poverty in the District and the lack of resources available to support early intervention; and

(e)       the Committee considers that a more in depth and better understanding of the true levels and causes of child poverty in the District is needed. To this end it was agreed to invite the Essex County Council Child Poverty Officer to a future meeting of the Committee together with representatives from other groups addressing child poverty.”

Having considered the information submitted and the comments of the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee:

It was moved by Councillor McWilliams, seconded by Councillor G V Guglielmi and:

RESOLVED that

(a)       the comments from the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee be noted;

(b)       the Tendring Children & Young People’s Strategy 2017 – 2020, as set out at Appendix A to item A.14 of the Report of the Health and Education Portfolio Holder, be approved;

(c)       the Children and Young People’s Partnership Delivery Plan 2017/2018 as set out at Appendix B to the aforesaid report, be approved in support of the Council’s Corporate Plan priorities; and

(d)          the Tendring Children & Young People’s Partnership Delivery Plan be reviewed annually with updates provided to the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee.