Governance and next steps

Sufficiency covers a wide range of areas within children services, and it is important that partners, carers, children, young people, and providers are all invested into the actions contained so partnership and collaboration will remain key therefore Market engagement events will be used to ensure the strategy is kept live. It is essential that we continue to listen to and act upon what cared for, care experienced and separated young people tell us so that we can deliver what they need to achieve permanence, return to parent care or move into independence successfully with the skills, knowledge and networks in place to be successful. 

A delivery group will be established to ensure delivery of the sufficiency strategy and its delivery plan. The group will be made up of key partners from across the local authority which will include officers from children’s services, commissioning, housing, and external partners such as private providers, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The group will report into the Corporate Parenting Board in line with the delivery of the Corporate Parenting Plan. 

A set of performance indicators will be developed by the delivery group and used to evidence progress again the plan. This will include narrative examples which underpin the vision and principles of the sufficiency strategy in line with improving outcomes for cared for, care experienced and separated young people. 

In addition to the above Boards transformation work set out in the strategy and wider sufficiency intentions, which are detailed in the sufficiency delivery plan will be governed by the Children's Service Transformation Board which is chaired by the Director of Children's Services.