Minutes

11         NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE FOSTERING ANNUAL BUSINESS REPORT 2021 - 2022 – The Director Children and Families submitted a report presenting the annual North Lincolnshire Fostering Annual Business Report 2021-2022.

The council’s One Family Approach aimed to create a system that worked for all children, young people and families and the ambition was for children to be in their families, in their schools, and in their communities.

In line with this, the council believed that local family care was the best provision of alternative care for most children or young people who entered the care of the council.  Therefore, the fostering provision continued to be supported and invested in.

North Lincolnshire Fostering operated within the Fostering Services Regulations 2011, Care Standards Act 2000 and The National Minimum Standards (NMS) for Fostering.

The business report provided information and assurance regarding the effectiveness of fostering in North Lincolnshire and the outcomes achieved for children.

It was a requirement of the above standards that an annual fostering business report was produced.  The Fostering Annual Business Report 2021 – 2022 gave details of the management, outcomes, key developments, populations, financial position, challenges, opportunities and plans of the fostering service in line with the Fostering National Minimum Standard 25.7.

Resolved – That the positive progress made and further plans for continued development, as set out in the Fostering Annual Business Report 2021-2022, be noted.