Venue: Council Chamber - City Hall, Bradford. View directions
Contact: Kanwal Amrez/Farzana Mughal
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ALTERNATE MEMBERS (Standing Order 34) The Director of Legal and Governance will report the names of alternate Members who are attending the meeting in place of appointed Members.
Minutes: Apologies were received on behalf of Councillors Berry, Sajawal and Shafiq. Apologies were also received on behalf of Shifa Simab (Parent Governor Representative) and Dr Samina Karim (Children’s Social Care).
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DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST (Members Code of Conduct – Part 4A of the Constitution)
To receive disclosures of interests from members and co-opted members on matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.
An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.
Notes:
(1) Members must consider their interests, and act according to the following:
(2) Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to the Member concerned or their spouse/partner.
(3) Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them. A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
(4) Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44.
Minutes: In the interest of transparency, Councillor Elahi declared a non-disclosable interest, in that his daughter worked for Children and Families Front Door.
In the interest of transparency, Councillor Winnard declared an interest in Minutes no. 41 – SEND Services, in that he was the Chair of Aware Charity.
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INSPECTION OF REPORTS AND BACKGROUND PAPERS (Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution)
Reports and background papers for agenda items may be inspected by contacting the person shown after each agenda item. Certain reports and background papers may be restricted.
Any request to remove the restriction on a report or background paper should be made to the relevant Strategic Director or Assistant Director whose name is shown on the front page of the report.
If that request is refused, there is a right of appeal to this meeting.
Please contact the officer shown below in advance of the meeting if you wish to appeal.
(Jill Bell/Kanwal Amrez – 07970 413716/07929 070228)
Minutes: There were no appeals submitted by the public to review decisions to restrict documents.
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REFERRALS TO THE OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE The following referrals have been made to this Committee up to and including the date of publication of this agenda.
The Committee is asked to note the referrals listed above and decide how it wishes to proceed, for example by incorporating the item into the work programme, requesting that it be subject to more detailed examination, or refer it to an appropriate Working Group/Committee.
Minutes: There were no referrals made to the committee.
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QUALITY ASSURANCE AND AUDIT IN CHILDREN'S SOCIAL CARE PDF 121 KB The Director of Children’s Services submit a report (Document “N”) which provides an update regarding the quality assurance and audit process in Children’s Services.
Recommended –
That next steps are endorsed to continue to support practice improvement.
(Amandip Johal - 07773 248040)
Minutes: The Director of Children’s Services submitted a report (Document “N”) which provided an update regarding the quality assurance and audit process in Children’s Services.
In introducing the report, the Assistant Director of Safeguarding and Reviewing outlined the audit findings of the quality of social work practice and the actions undertaken to address practice that was required improvement or inadequate.
It was reported that early in the year, a decision was taken to step down team managers and practice supervisors from completing this monthly audits due to staffing challenges and capacity. It was agreed that the team manager and practice supervisors needed to focus on ensuring that service delivery was prioritised. This had limited the number of audits completed on a monthly basis. Auditing arrangements resumed with all managers and practice supervisors being part of the monthly programme from September 2022.
The focus of the work involved six areas of improvement work as outlined below:
In the ensuing discussions, the following points were highlighted:
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SEND SERVICES - PROGRESS AGAINST THE WRITTEN STATEMENT OF ACTION (WSOA) PDF 209 KB The Director of Children’s Services presents a report (Document “O”) which provides an update on the progress towards the WSOA that followed the March 2002 SEND Area Inspection.
Recommended -
That the report be noted.
(Niall Devlin - (01274) 431356)
Minutes: The Director of Children’s Services presented a report (Document “O”) which provided an update on the progress towards the Written Statement Of Action (WSOA) that followed the March 2002, SEND Area Inspection.
Bradford Council was required to deliver a number of actions to transform special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services across the local area. On the 21st October 2022, Ofsted agreed that the proposed Written Statement of Action was sufficient.
Following Local Area SEND Inspection, the report provided a high-level overview of progress within each of the five areas for improvement as follows:
· The inconsistent delivery of the 0 to 19 health visiting, school nursing and specialist nursing service. · Children and young people waited too long for assessments, treatment and diagnosis. There was insufficient support for children and young people with SEND who were waiting for provision, services, diagnosis or equipment. · Education, Health and Care Services did not work together well. The arrangements for joint commissioning were underdeveloped.
In the ensuing discussions, the following points were highlighted:
The Chair requested that the full Written Statement of Action be shared with the Committee.
Resolved –
That the Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny requests that a further progress report be presented in 12 months, which also includes the detailed Action Plan, RAG rating and the full Written Statement of Action.
ACTION: Strategic Director for Children’s Services
(Niall Devlin – 01274 431356) ... view the full minutes text for item 41. |