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Apologies To receive apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from County Councillors D Davies, S Lewis, C Mills, P Pritchard, K Roberts-Jones, D Rowlands, A Williams and M Williams.
In attendance: County Councillor R Powell (Portoflio Holder for Children’s Services) S Davies (Senior Partnership Manager), E Patterson (Scrutiny Officer) |
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Declarations of Interest To receive declarations of interest from Members. Minutes: No declarations of interest were received. |
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Declarations of Party Whips To receive disclosures of prohibited party whips which a Member has been given in relation to the meeting in accordance with Section 78(3) of the Local Government Measure 2011.
(NB: Members are reminded that under Section 78 Members having been given a prohibited party whip cannot vote on a matter before the Committee.) Minutes: No declarations of party whips were received. |
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To authorise the Chair to sign the minutes of the following meetings as a correct record: · 12th June 2018 · 21st June 2018 Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair was authorised to sign the minutes of the meetings held on the 12th June 2018 and 21st June 2018 as a correct record. |
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Access to Information The Monitoring Officer has determined that category 3 of the Access to Information Procedure Rules applies to the following item. His view on the public interest test (having taken account of the provisions of Rule 14.8 of the Council's Access to Information Rules) was that to make this information public would disclose information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information. These factors in his view outweigh the public interest in disclosing this information.
Members are asked to consider these factors when determining the public interest test, which they must decide when considering excluding the public from this part of the meeting. Minutes: RESOLVED to exclude the public for the following item of business on the grounds that there would be disclosure to them of exempt information under category 3 of The Local Authorities (Access to Information) (Variation) (Wales) Order 2007). |
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Integrated Family Support Service To undertake pre-Cabinet scrutiny of the Outline Business Case and Options Appraisal for developing the Integrated Family Support Service for Powys. Additional documents:
Minutes: Documents: · Draft Cabinet Report on Developing an Integrated Family Support Service for Powys · Outline Business Case and Options Appraisal for Developing and Integrated Family Support Service for Powys – v 6 · Situation summary and medium – long term opportunities for commissioning services for children and young people
Scrutiny observations for submission to Cabinet
· Whilst the Outline Business Case and situation summary were made available to scrutiny in good time the Cabinet Report was only provided one day before the meeting and the Impact Assessment had yet to be completed. Whilst it is appreciated that this item is to be considered at Cabinet on 18th September it had been intended to take this item to Cabinet in July and therefore it would be expected that these documents would have been readily available
· The Senior Partnership Manager and Portfolio Holder were able to provide detailed updates throughout the report and it is essential that this information is contained within the report so that the reasons for the recommendations can be understood.
· In particular the following matters need to be addressed:
Case for Change o The case for change is made based on statutory requirements under the Social Services and Well-Being Act, the findings of the CIW Inspection and a need to tackle adverse childhood experiences. However, no analysis of demand for certain types of support is included and no analysis of any trends in this demand which may indicate that more or less of certain types of support may be needed in different parts of the county
Service Design o A list of proposed family support services is included at Figure 3 but there is no evidence provided of the success of these interventions to justify the proposals. It was explained that there will be seamless transition between current provision and proposed provision with the existing providers on contracts which have been extended to March 2019 to tie in with any new contract starting in April 2019. It is not clear however from the current performance how successful the current provision of early intervention services is given the continued increase in numbers of Looked After Children
Resources o This section is incomplete and it was not possible during the meeting to ascertain how much resource was available from Children’s Services or the Health Board. o It appears a large amount of the funding is accessed from recurring grants. Whilst it appears this has been the case for some years and the service build in break clauses when letting contracts in case the grant is not forthcoming this nevertheless is flagged as a risk to the authority. o The list of resources includes the Families First Grant of £328,614. This is also included in the sister report on the Integrated Youth Services and clarity is needed to ensure that this grant is not effectively ‘counted twice’. o The list of resources includes a sum of £200,000 sourced from the Children’s Services Improvement Revenue budget but identified as ‘not currently signed off’. It ... view the full minutes text for item 6. |
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Integrated Youth Support and Emotional Well-Being Service for Powys To undertake pre-Cabinet scrutiny of the Outline Business Case and Options Appraisal for the Integrated Youth Support and Emotional Well-Being Service for Powys. Additional documents:
Minutes: Documents: · Draft Cabinet Report on Developing an Integrated Youth Support and Well-Being Service for Powys · Outline Business Case and Options Appraisal for Developing and Integrated Youth Support and Well-Being Service for Powys – v 6 · School based universal mental wellbeing interventions for children aged 10-18 · Together for Children and Young People – Best Practice Guide of interventions in Wales to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people · Public Health Wales Evidence Summary – Mental well-being among children and young people
Scrutiny observations to Cabinet
· Whilst the Outline Business Case and situation summary were made available to scrutiny in good time the Cabinet Report was only provided one day before the meeting and the Impact Assessment had yet to be completed. Whilst it is appreciated that this item is to be considered at Cabinet on 18th September it had been intended to take this item to Cabinet in July and therefore it would be expected that these documents would have been readily available
· The Senior Partnership Manager and Portfolio Holder were able to provide detailed updates throughout the report and it is essential that this information is contained within the report so that the reasons for the recommendations can be understood.
· In particular the following matters need to be addressed:
Case for Change o The case for change is made based on statutory requirements under the Social Services and Well-Being Act, the findings of the CIW Inspection, a need to tackle adverse childhood experiences, the curriculum for Wales and Together for Children and Young People. However, no evidence of demand (volume or type of service needed) and demand trends is included which would help define what service is required.
Service Design o This section appears to be lacking narrative when compared to the sister report on the Integrated Family Support Service. Figure 3 outlines proposed service offers and whilst supporting documents embedded at the end of the paper assess the effectiveness of interventions no detail is provided regarding which interventions it is proposed to use, and some of the schemes evaluated relate to primary school age children which are not the target age group of this proposed service.
Resources o This section is incomplete and it was not possible during the meeting to ascertain how much resource was available from Children’s Services or the Health Board. o It appears a large amount of the funding is accessed from recurring grants. Whilst it appears this has been the case for some years and the service build in break clauses when letting contracts in case the grant is not forthcoming this nevertheless is flagged as a risk to the authority. o The list of resources includes the Families First Grant of £328,614. This is also included in the sister report on the Integrated Youth Services and clarity is needed to ensure that this grant is not effectively ‘counted twice’. o The list of resources includes a sum of £200,000 sourced from the Children’s Services Improvement Revenue budget but ... view the full minutes text for item 7. |
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Work Programme The next meeting of the Health and Care Scrutiny Committee is scheduled for 12th September 2018. Minutes: The next meeting of Health, Care and Housing Scrutiny will take place on 12th September 2018. |
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Correspondence To consider any items of correspondence which, in the opinion of the Chair, are of sufficient urgency to warrant consideration. Minutes: No urgent items of correspondence had been received. |