Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children Services.

The Committee received an update from the Director of Community and Children regarding the activity and performance of the Local Authority Designated Role (LADO) for 2015/16. The update was further to the 2014/15 annual report submitted to the Committee in September 2015 which provided Members with background information on the role of the LADO, referral data and highlighted the need to raise greater awareness of the role both across the City of London Corporation and partners. The Community and Children Services Committee requested that the 2014/15 report be taken to several committees to raise awareness of the role.

In addition to sharing the report with members across a number of committees, a significant amount of training and briefings on the role of the LADO was carried out. As a result of this awareness-raising activity there had been a significant percentage increase in referrals to the LADO in 2015/16 compared to previous years.

RESOLCED – that the update be noted.