Corporate Parenting Board

​​About the Corporate Parenting Board (CPB)

The establishment of a Corporate Parenting Board (CPB) is a statutory requirement of the Children and Young People (Jersey) Law 2022.

The CPB will provide political leadership and oversight on Corporate Parenting activity as set out in the Children and Young People (Jersey) Law 2022.

Board membership

The CPB members consists of:

• Minister for Children and Families as Chair
  
• Assistant Minister for Children and Families
  
• Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning
  
• Minister for Housing
  
• Minister for Health and Social Services
  
• Minister for Justice and Home Affairs
  
• Representative from Comité de Connétables
  
• Director of Childrens Services
  
• 2 representatives from the Children in Care
  
• 2 representatives from Care Leavers
  
• 2 voluntary sector representatives  
• ​Jersey Foster Carers Association representative​
  

Terms of Reference

Terms of Reference corporate parenting board

Board meetings

​Meeting date	​Key themes​	​Agenda and minutes	​Supporting papers
​1 August 2024	​​Not applicable	CPB Agenda 1 August 2024 ​ CPB Minutes 1 August 2024	​Not applicable
​27 March 2024	​​Not applicable	​CPB Agenda 27 March 2024 CPB Minutes 27 March 2024	​​Not applicable
​18 December 2023	​​Not applicable	​CPB Agenda 18 December 2023 CPB Minutes 18 December 2023​	​​Not applicable
​20 October 2023	​​Not applicable	​​CPB Agenda October 2023​ CPB Minutes October 2023	​​Not applicable
​28 April 2023	​Update on Children in the Care of the Minister Jersey Safeguarding System Leaders Group  Legacy Care Leavers Fund and Offer Discussion with Children and Young People	CPB Agenda April 2023 CPB Minutes April 2023	​​Not applicable
​16 January 2023	​Corporate Parenting: Ministerial Introduction Session Corporate Parenting Board: Planning Session Agenda	Action Minutes CPB Agenda CPB minutes	​​Not applicable
​28 March 2022	Corporate Parenting Agenda	​Agenda CPB Agenda CPB Minutes	​The minutes of 28 March 2022 were not formally approved by the Board due to the change of Government.
​14 January 2022	​Care Ambassadors: Pledges and Priorities Terminology and Trauma Model CYPES Sufficiency Strategy Co-Produce a Government wide Corporate Parenting Strategy: Update Decision-Making Structures: update	​CPB Agenda January 2022 CPB Minutes January 2022 CPB Children's Minutes January 2022	​​Not applicable
​20 September 2021	​Purpose of the CPB Status Report Forward planning	​CPB Agenda September 2021 CPB Minutes September 2021 CPB Children's Minutes September 2021	​​Not applicable
​11 September 2020	​Feedback from Care Leavers Children Looked After Partnership Board Care Leavers Outcomes Board	​CPB Agenda September 2020 CPB Minutes September 2020	​​Not applicable
​5 June 2020	​COVID-19. Engagement with care leavers.	​CPB Agenda June 2020 CPB Minutes June 2020	​​Not applicable​
​3 September 2019	​​Profile of children in care. Draft entitlement for children in care.  Update on Sufficiency Strategy.	​​CPB Agenda September 2019 CPB Minutes September 2019	​Looked after children overview Language that cares booklet
​11 June 2019	​Feedback from Children in Care Conference. Draft entitlement for children leaving care.  Corporate Parenting Training Proposals.	​CPB Agenda June 2019 CPB Minutes June 2019	​Care Conference feedback Looked after children overview
5 March 2019	​Agreement of Terms of reference. Profile of children in care.	​CPB Minutes March 2019	Establishing the Board

Board Governance

Board meetings will take place 4 times per year. The CPB will act as a formal sub-group of the Council of Ministers and report on progress of the Corporate Parenting to the Council of Ministers.

Minutes of the meeting will be circulated to all representatives and will be presented for approval at the next meeting. Agendas and Minutes of Board meetings will be placed on the Government of Jersey website for reference once approved.

Contact us

CorporateParentingBoard@gov.je

Corporate Parenting Board
Cabinet Office
19-21 Broad Street
St Helier
JE4 8QT