Agenda and draft minutes

1.1  An apology for absence was received from Cllr Bunt and Rob Blackstone.

2.1  There were no urgent items and the order of business was as on the agenda.

3.1  Cllr Chapman, attending as an observer stated that he was a Trustee of Friends of the Elderly, a charity dedicated to supporting older people.

4.1  The second sentence in paragraph 6.33 on page 7 (in the agenda) should read: “They had tried various ways including using a private organisation but the quality of the candidates coming forward did not met the required standards.”

4.2  The second sentence in paragraph 6.41 on page 8 (in the agenda) should read: She added that when the NAO assessed the efficiency of council foster services they found that most councils underestimated the cost the use of private sector agencies added on and it remained significantly cheaper to do fostering in-house than via private providers.

4.3  The fifth sentence in paragraph 6.54 on page 9 (in the agenda) ‘Primary Support Regions’ should be replaced with ‘Primary Support Reasons’. 

5.1  The group gave consideration to two papers; a briefing on 1CYPS savings from Children and Young People’s Services; and a briefing on Adult Social Care and Commissioning draft savings proposals for 2016-17 from Adult Social Care and Commissioning in Health and Community Services. The group also gave consideration to an additional two papers which had been circulated to the group a day prior to the meeting; one paper on the proposed charging policy for integrated telecare service and one paper on the principles underpinning approaches to Commissioning housing related support and prevention services, both from Adult Social Care and Commissioning in Health and Community Services and both accompanied by a power point presentation.

5.2  The Chair welcomed to the meeting the authors of the reports:

  Sheila Durr, AD Children and Young People’s Service (SD)

  Jackie Moylan, Assistant Director of Finance (CYPS & LHRR) (JM)

  Kim Wright, Corporate Director, Health and Community Services (KW)

Cynthia Davis, Head of Commissioning and Procurement, Health and Community Services (CD)

  Genette Laws, AD Commissioning, Health and Community Services (GL)

  Ilona Sarulakis, Head of Adult Social Care (IS)

  Deirdre Worrell, AD Finance, Health and Community Services (DW) 

5.3  It was noted that the following were also present for this item:

  Cllr Anntoinette Bramble, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services

  Cllr Rob Chapman, Labour Group Chief Whip

  Cllr Jonathan McShane, Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Culture

  Cllr Ann Munn, Chair of Health in Hackney Scrutiny Commission

5.4  JM and SD introduced the briefing from Children and Young People’s Services. The following points were noted:

a)  The briefing included a breakdown of the savings achieved by the 1CYPS service redesign as well as reiterating the 1CYPS principles. Through the whole service redesign Children and Young People’s Services had managed to frontload the required savings and the savings were already being delivered.

b)  The savings delivered from within Young Hackney were achieved by reducing middle management, time spent in meetings and reducing the administrative tasks whilst ensuring that the frontline services were preserved and that services were restructured to deliver activities at times when young people are available, such as after school, evenings and weekends. 

c)  The whole workforce development strategy brought about opportunities for junior staff which is also a part of the wider workforce development strategy.

d)  Whilst the changes had yet to take full effect, the number of young people attending the youth hubs continued to increase and CYPS continued to invest in early help and prevention. Despite the current financial climate and a trend nationally whereby services have seen an increase in the number of people needing help and support, the number in Hackney had stabilised. However, further cuts to budgets would impact on statutory services which would also indirectly be affected by the effects of families suffering adversity.

Questions and answers – Children and Young People Services

5.5  The Members of the group asked questions around potential cuts to frontline services,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

6.1  There was none.