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Care Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Revised Response Plan to the Our Bravery Brought Justice report
The committee noted the work programme. It asked for a progress report in six months, covering the whistleblowing policy and how it is put into use. It asked for a report on securing Child Friendly County status and becoming a Trauma-Informed Council. It asked Cabinet to consider: adding an external female contact name to the poster and putting contact details on school and Council websites; addressing the voice of the family as well as the voice of the child in work stream 1; amending the text on the Estyn inspection on page 18 of the plan to note that a school head was arrested a few months after Estyn's commendation; making sure grooming training is available to all who need it; providing external specialist safeguarding training for members and governors; adding 'well-being of children and young people' to the description of work stream 7; and writing to Welsh Government about the challenges and risks facing school governors.
Governance and Audit Committee
RESPONSE PLAN TO THE OUR BRAVERY BROUGHT JUSTICE REPORT
RESOLVED: · To accept the detail of the Response Plan · To thank the Officers for their work and welcome that the Response Plan is being discussed at several forums · A simple and definite summary/front page of the main action points is needed · The Committee shall receive regular updates on the actions taken or being considered as a suitable and appropriate response to the situation · A request by the Committee for Estyn to acknowledge the weaknesses of their report on the Council's safeguarding arrangements, June 2023 · That the Whistleblowing Arrangements and Safeguarding Arrangements…
Education and Economy Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Response Plan to the Our Bravery Brought Justice report
The Committee accepted and noted the report and work programme, and asked for an update in six months. It also agreed to recommend to the Cabinet points under seven work streams and some general points. These include: measurable arrangements to show that the voice of the child and victims' experience influence decisions; long-term support for victims that does not cause further trauma; avoiding unconscious bias; support so that governors can challenge effectively; staff understanding when restrictive practices are appropriate and feeling supported; crisis planning treated as a live process and tested regularly; schools asked to show safeguarding information prominently on their websites and to consider their relationships education; and the 2023 Estyn inspection report of the Education Department not to be quoted or referenced in the Response Plan.
The Council
RESPONSE PLAN TO OUR BRAVERY BROUGHT JUSTICE REPORT
RESOLVED: To ask the Cabinet to consider the above observations, as well as those from an Extraordinary Meeting of the Care Scrutiny Committee (13 January 2026), an Extraordinary Meeting of the Education and Economy Scrutiny Committee (19 January 2026) and the Governance and Audit Committee (15 January 2026), in adopting the new Response Plan.
The Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Revised Response Plan on the Our Bravery Brought Justice report
The Cabinet approved and adopted the revised Response Plan (Appendix 1).
Governance and Audit Committee
UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE RESPONSE PLAN: OUR BRAVERY BROUGHT JUSTICE
No decision recorded for this item.
Education and Economy Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE RESPONSE PLAN: OUR BRAVERY BROUGHT JUSTICE
On the agenda; minutes not yet published.
Governance and Audit Committee
UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE RESPONSE PLAN: OUR BRAVERY BROUGHT JUSTICE
On the agenda; minutes not yet published.
Care Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
RESPONSE PLAN TO THE OUR BRAVERY BROUGHT JUSTICE REPORT
On the agenda; minutes not yet published.
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