Meeting documents

SCC Scrutiny for Policies, Children and Families Committee
Monday, 5th September, 2022 1.00 pm

  • Meeting of Scrutiny for Policies, Children and Families Committee, Monday 5th September 2022 1.00 pm (Item 8.)

This item will be led by officers from the project team, the Council’s Strategic Manager, Daniel Moncrieff and Service Manager, Caroline Barnes, and is the substantive agenda item for the meeting.

 

Note – the Chair will allow 45 minutes for this agenda item

Minutes:

The Committee received a PowerPoint presentation from the Council’s Strategic Manager, Daniel Moncrieff who provided a detailed update on the strategic partnership between SCC and ‘The Shaw Trust’ to deliver homes for complex children and young people including homes for children, high needs fostering and therapeutic education.

 

Mr Moncrieff outline the progress to date, the purchase of homes, staffing, recruitment, the proposed joint engagement strategy, timelines and next steps. The plan is to open the first homes in early 2023.

 

The Committee had a broad discission covering - the work undertaken and that this is an exciting project; engagement with the community, including member engagement; location of the properties; corporate parenting role; need to get message across that they will be ‘family’ homes and asked to see the ‘FAQ’ document.

 

The Chair thanked Mr Moncrieff for the detailed update.

 

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