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Chair's Opening Remarks Minutes: The Chair welcomed all in attendance to the October meeting of the Scrutiny Board (Children’s Services). She also welcomed a number of media students from Leeds Trinity University attending the Board as observers.
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Declaration of Interests To declare any personal/prejudicial interests for the purpose of Section 81(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 and paragraphs 8 to 12 of the Members’ Code of Conduct. Minutes: The following personal interest was declared at the meeting:-
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Apologies for Absence and Notification of Substitutes Minutes: Apologies for absence were received on behalf of Councillor W Hyde, Councillor K Maqsood, Councillor B Selby, Mr B Wanyoni, Mr J Granger, Ms C Johnson, Mrs S Hutchinson and Ms T Kayani.
Notification had been received for Councillor G Hyde to substitute for Councillor Selby.
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Minutes - 8th and 20th September 2010 PDF 69 KB To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meetings held on 8th and 20th September 2010. Additional documents: Minutes: RESOLVED – That the minutes of the Call-In meeting held on 8th September 2010 and the Board meeting held on 20th September 2010 be confirmed as a correct record.
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Leeds Children and Young People's Plan 2011 - Consultation PDF 104 KB To receive and consider a report from the Director of Children’s Services providing an update on the consultation process and next steps in relation to the Leeds Children and Young People’s Plan 2011. Minutes: The Director of Children’s Services submitted a report providing an update on the consultation process and next steps in relation to the Leeds Children and Young People’s Plan 2011.
The following representatives attended the meeting and responded to Members’ questions and comments:
- Councillor J Blake, Executive Member, Children’s Services - Councillor J Dowson, Advisory Member, Children’s Services - Nigel Richardson, Director of Children’s Services - Barbara Newton, Strategic Leader Partnership and Participation , Children’s Services - Ken Morton, Locality Co-ordinator, Children’s Services
The Chair welcomed Nigel Richardson, the newly appointed Director of Children’s Services, to his first meeting of the Board.
The Director of Children’s Services gave a brief presentation on his vision in relation to the Leeds Children and Young People’s Plan.
The presentation focused on the following three key messages:-
In addition to the above presentation, Ken Morton, Locality Enabler, Children’s Services, provided the meting with an overview of the proposed locality model with specific reference to the cluster arrangements.
In summary, the key areas of discussion were:-
RESOLVED- a) That the contents of the report be noted. b) That the Board’s Principal Scrutiny Adviser be requested to forward a copy of the slides to the Board for their information. c) That this Board notes that a copy of the Children and Young People’s Plan would be brought back to this Board when a full draft had been produced, early in 2011.
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To receive and consider a report from the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development presenting evidence in line with Session 1 of the Board’s Inquiry into services for children with disabilities, special educational needs and additional health needs - Inquiry into Service Redesign. Additional documents:
Minutes: Referring to Minute 8 of the meeting held on 10th June 2010, the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development submitted a report presenting evidence in line with Session 1 of the Board’s Inquiry into services for children with disabilities, special educational needs and additional health needs - Inquiry into Service Redesign.
Appended to the report were copies of the following documents for information/consideration:
- A copy of the agreed terms of reference for the inquiry - A report of the Director of Children’s Services entitled ‘Model for the Integrated Service for Children with Complex Needs’
The following representatives attended the meeting and responded to Members’ questions and comments:
- Councillor J Blake, Executive Member, Children’s Services - Councillor J Dowson, Advisory Member, Children’s Services - Susan Rautenburg, NHS Leeds - David Dickinson, Education Leeds - Barbara Newton, Strategic Leader, Partnership and Participation, Children’s Services - Barbara Shaw, Interim Head of Disability Services, Children’s Services - Ken Morton, Locality Enabler, Children’s Services
The Chair invited David Dickinson to provide a brief summary on the outline plans for integrating services and also sought a contribution from the other officers in attendance.
In brief summary, the key areas of discussion were:
(The Locality Enabler, Children’s Services agreed to forward further information to the Board)
RESOLVED- a) That the contents of the report and appendices be noted. b) That this Board notes that a second session of this Inquiry would be undertaken at the next Board meeting in November.
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To receive and consider a report from the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development outlining the Scrutiny Board’s work programme for the remainder of the current municipal year. Additional documents:
Minutes: A report was submitted by the Head of Scrutiny and Member Development which detailed the Scrutiny Board’s work programme for the remainder of the current municipal year.
Appended to the report for Members’ information was the current version of the Board’s work programme, an extract from the Forward Plan of Key Decisions for the period 1st October 2010 to 31st January 2011, together with the minutes from the Executive Board meeting held on 23rd September 2010.
RESOLVED – a) That the work programme as amended be approved. b) That Mr Britten be appointed as a further representative on the School Balances Working Group, and that Councillor W Hyde be asked if he wished to join the Working Group. c) That the following representatives be involved with the preparation of draft terms of reference for the an inquiry focused around the themes of raising aspirations and tackling child poverty:- - Councillor J Chapman - Councillor A Lamb - Councillor B Lancaster - Councillor G Driver - Mr Britten - Professor Gosden d) That to the Chair and the Principal Scrutiny Adviser consider the most appropriate way to deal with a request for the Board to look into the delay in implementing the Electronic Social Care Record (ESCR) review, with a report back at the next meeting in November 2010.
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Date and Time of Next Meeting To note that the next meeting of the Board will be held on Thursday, 18th November 2010 at 9.45 am with a pre meeting for Board Members at 9.15 am. Minutes: It was noted that the next meeting would be held on Thursday 18th November 2010 at 9.45am with a pre-meeting for Board Members at 9.15am.
(The meeting concluded at 11.50am)
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