New board created to help 'looked after' children in Highlands

HUNDREDS of ‘looked after’ children and youngsters in the Highlands will receive additional support from a new board.

The Corporate Parenting Board will have a “duty of care” for the roughly 500 ‘looked after’ children and young people in Highland.

Members of the Highland Community Planning Partnership’s community planning by agreed to the move this week.

The new board will be made up of elected members, senior officers from relevant agencies, some of those who have experienced care first hand and representatives from key relevant third sector agencies.

David Alston, chairman of the Community Planning Board said: “The Corporate Parenting Board will report to the Community Planning Board so that we can make sure that we are meeting the needs of those children and young people in Highland for whom we have responsibility as corporate parents.”

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