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Children and Young People's Trust Board
Children and Young People's Trust Board
The Children and Young People’s Trust Board is responsible for implementing the priorities in the Children and Young People's Plan and is the key governance and decision making body for children and young people’s services and the Children’s Trust arrangements in Kingston.
The Board is responsible for recommending and implementing the overall vision, agreeing priorities and strategic direction, approving the development of new service provision and processes, identifying and pooling resources and monitoring the effectiveness of our work in improving the outcomes for children and young people.
The Board is chaired by the Chief Executive of RBK and its membership includes senior officers of the local authority and other agencies who are able to take decisions and make commitments to service developments. The key partners are:
- Local Authority
- Health
- Voluntary Sector
- Police
- Connexions
- Schools
- Job Centre Plus
The Trust is well established with clear terms of reference and agreed priorities for improving local services and the outcomes for children and young people.
The Children's Trust Arrangements July 2009 document contains the Trusts' complete terms of reference and a diagrammatical representation of the Children's Trust arrangements.
Membership of the Children and Young People’s Trust Board is as follows:
- RBK Chief Executive
- Director of Learning and Children’s Services
- Lead Member for Children and Young People
- Chief Executive of Kingston (PCT)
- Deputy Chief Executive Kingston Hospital Trust
- Chief Executive Kingston Voluntary Action
- Borough Commander Kingston Police
- Director of Connexions Sub Regional Unit
- Borough Commissioner for SW London and St George’s Mental Health Trust
- Director of Provider Services (PCT)
- Director of Performance (PCT)
- Director for Service Transformation and Improvement (PCT)
- Director of Public Health (or representative)
- Head of Prevention and Safeguarding (RBK)
- Head of Learning and School Effectiveness
- Head of Resources and Commissioning (RBK)
- Head of Human Resources (RBK)
- Head of Community Care Services (RBK)
- 3 Headteacher Representatives
- Job Centre Plus Representative