Children & Families Strategic Partnership
The Children and Families Board has the senior partnership responsibility for policy, strategy and achievement in services for children, young people and their families.
Downloads & Resources
- CFEB Terms of Reference
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What is the Children and Families Strategic Partnership Board
The core functions of the Board are:
- Commission and deliver the strategic Children and Young People’s Plan and seeks assurances that annual delivery plans are in place across the sub-structure.
- Deliver an annual impact report to demonstrate progress.
- Ensures a clarity in vision and drive for services to families and children
- Holds the Children and Families Performance Group to account for Delivery of programmes, performance and sub-structure arrangements.
- Commission and sign-off an annual children, young people and family’s needs assessment, and associated research as appropriate, to inform priorities In partnership
- Ensure the voice of children and young people is represented in both strategic planning and service delivery across the partnership
- Direct opportunities for alignment of resources
- Makes the necessary links with the national children’s commissioner and the office of the Local Commissioner and attendant linkages with both outcomes frameworks
- Is accountable for commissioning of services for children, young people and families.
- Oversee key strategic risks
- Ensures the Commissioning link between CYP Commissioning group and the Joint Commissioning Resource group – engaging with CYP and Families in the process.
- Promote success, stimulate innovation and engage with evidence around what works
- Actively engage with other strategic theme boards, the Team Doncaster Strategic Partnership and Overview and Scrutiny
- Respond to challenges about safeguarding identified by Doncaster Safeguarding Children Board (DSCB) / Performance Accountability Group (PAB)