Issue - meetings

Development of an offer for children with disabilities

Meeting: 21/03/2018 - Council (Item 75)

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Report of Cabinet Member for Children’s Social Care, proposing the implementation of a new eligibility criteria and short break offer for children with disabilities. 

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Minutes:

The joint report of the Service Directors Quality and Integration and Children and Families seeking approval of the financial envelope for the Development of an Offer for Children with Disabilities was submitted.

 

Amendment moved by Councillor Moulton and seconded by Councillor O’Neill.

 

Delete Council Recommendation:

 

(i)  To approve a financial envelope of up to £7,275,000 for a maximum period of 5 years (3+2 year extension when applied to contracts), maintaining the current level of annual investment in Short Breaks.

 

Replace Council Recommendation with:

 

(i)  As a minimum the budget envelope be enlarged to take account of inflation over the 5 year period and that analysis be done to determine growth in demand over the 5 year period and that budget envelope be sufficient to match this increased demand.

 

Amended Recommendation to read:

 

(i)  As a minimum the budget envelope be enlarged to take account of inflation over the 5 year period and that analysis be done to determine growth in demand over the 5 year period and that budget envelope be sufficient to match this increased demand.

 

UPON BEING PUT TO THE VOTE THE AMENDMENT WAS DECLARED LOST.

 

RESOLVED: that a financial envelope of up to £7,275.000 for a maximum period of 5 years (3 + 2 year extension when applied to contracts), maintaining the current level of annual investment in short breaks be approved. 


Meeting: 20/03/2018 - Cabinet (Item 52)

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Report of the Cabinet Member for Children’s Social Care, proposing the implementation of a new eligibility criteria and short break offer for children with disabilities.

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Minutes:

DECISION MADE:  (CAB 17/18  20348)

 

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Children’s Social Care, Cabinet agreed the following:

 

(i)  To consider the responses to the consultation exercise on revisions to eligibility criteria and service offer for the short breaks service.

(ii)  To authorise the procurement of services and activities to support the proposed new Short Break offer.

(iii)  To approve the use of the grant process and criteria to award funding for services and activities to support the new Short Break offer.

(iv)  To delegate authority to the Director of Quality & Integration to carry out a procurement process for the provision of services as set out in this report to support the short break offer and, following consultation with the Service Director: Legal & Governance to enter into contracts in accordance with the Contract Procedure Rules.

(v)  To delegate authority to the Director of Quality & Integration following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children’s Social Care to decide on the final model of commissioned services to support the short breaks offer and all decision making in relation to this recommissioning.

(vi)  To authorise the Director of Quality and Integration to take all necessary actions to implement the proposals contained in this report.

(vii)  To note the response from the formal consultation to retain the names of the Jigsaw service and the Buzz Network.