Issue - meetings

On 10th January 2017 Wiltshire Council’s Children’s Services Leadership Team (CSLT) agreed to initial proposals to establish a new service model to achieve the Children’s Services vision of:

“One joined up approach to making a positive difference to outcomes for Wiltshire’s children and young people, ensuring they are safe and have high aspirations.”

The committee has been provided with a report  which gives an oversight of these proposals. Members are asked to endorse the direction of travel.

The Chairman reminded the Committee that the Council’s Children’s Services Leadership Team on 10 January 2017 had agreed some initial proposals to establish a new service model to achieve the Children’s Services vision of:-

“One joined up approach to making a positive difference to outcomes for Wiltshire’s children and young people, ensuring they are safe and have high aspirations.” 

The Chairman noted that a report had been provided which gave an oversight of these proposals.

It was reported that the proposal would impact on all Operational Children’s Services teams including Early Help, MASH and Safeguarding & Assessment Services in Phase 1 of the proposal and Children in Care, Youth Offending Team, CSE and SEND in Phase 2.  The existing statutory functions would continue to be delivered as well as some non-statutory work.  The key change would be the way in which services would be delivered to children and families. The project would be phased to allow a focus on, in the first instance, what could realistically be achieved in the short term (i.e. in Phase 1). 

During discussion Members were informed that it was expected that Phase 1 of the proposal would be completed by October 2017 but that Phase 2 was likely to be split into different phases and would take longer to bring into operation.

Resolved:

(1)      To note the report and fully endorse the direction of travel being scoped by the Children’s Services Integration Project Phase 2, including the desire to work with partners in a more joined up and integrated way to deliver improved outcomes for children and families. 

(2)      To request the Chairman to write to the Director of Children’s Services in support of these proposals, to be included with the bid for financial assistance to progress the Project.