To approve, for implementation in September 2024 the council’s Children & Young People Workforce Strategy 2024-2028. 

That:

a)    The Children`s and Young Peoples Workforce Strategy be approved.

b)      Delegated authority be given to the Corporate Director for Children and Young People to take all operational decisions that fall within the responsibility of Herefordshire Council to complete, as set out within this strategy.

c)       Delegated authority be given to the Corporate Director for Children and Young People to make technical, grammatical and minor amendments to the strategy. 

1.              The report could not be noted nor approved. This is not a recommended course of action as the children and young people workforce is one of the council’s key priority areas for improvement as part of the wider children’s services improvement programme.