To review the Adoption and Fostering services performance report and approve related documents.

That:

(a)         the performance of the adoption service as outlined at appendix A to this report be reviewed, any risks to achievement of objectives noted and relevant mitigating actions approved; and

(b)         the performance of the fostering service as outlined at appendix B to this report be reviewed, any risks to achievement of objectives noted and relevant mitigating actions approved.

1.          Under the National Minimum Standards for Adoption 2014 and Fostering 2011 Cabinet should receive updates on the management, outcomes and financial state of Herefordshire Council’s adoption and fostering services; it is open to Cabinet to identify additional or alternative actions to improve performance, but in doing so regard must be had to the resource implications of additional actions