Case Ref: 20 010 493 Category: Children's care services Sub Category: Fostering

• Remind staff to ensure that prior to a fostering placement, all relevant information about a child is provided to prospective fostering parents.

Case Ref: 20 009 387 Category: Environment and regulation Sub Category: Other

• The Council should share this decision with the Environmental Protection Team to ensure that allofficers are aware of my findings and how that impacts their work about Community Protection Notice warning letters.

Case Ref: 20 007 894 Category: Children's care services Sub Category: Other

• The Council will remind staff they must prepare Social Circumstances reports in accordance with the guidance and any instructions from the Mental Health Tribunal judge.
• The Council will remind staff they must attend Mental Health Tribunal hearings when directed to do so by a judge, or justify their absence to the Tribunal.

Case Ref: 20 002 612 Category: Education Sub Category: Special educational needs

• Ensure the procedures for arranging alternative education are clear and accessible to staff and parents.
• Provide a reminder/training to ensure staff understand the Council's duty to arrange suitable alternative education when children are out of school, and the procedures for doing so.
• Work with CAMHS to improve communication in relation to referrals for alternative education.

Case Ref: 20 000 270 Category: Planning Sub Category: Enforcement

• • Remind planning officers of the definition of a complaint and when to use the corporate complaint procedure.
• • Review how it investigates, and records reports of planning and enforcement issues where there are multiple reports associated with one site. It should ensure it can evidence its decision making in respect of each individual issue.

Case Ref: 20 000 734 Category: Children's care services Sub Category: Friends and family carers

• The Council will provide us with an explanation and evidence of the changes and improvements made to its processes to ensure similar errors are not repeated. This includes its amended complaint handling process, and the changes to its processes in relation to decision-making, supervision and care planning.

Case Ref: 19 019 066 Category: Planning Sub Category: Planning applications

• The Council has agreed to remind relevant staff of the need to consider whether amended plans should result in further consultation and to keep a record of the decision.
• The Council has agreed to remind relevant staff of the importance of keeping accurate records or minutes of meetings.
• The Council has agreed to remind relevant staff of the objectives and requirements of the Statement of Community Involvement.