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Declarations of interest Minutes: The
following Member made declarations of interest at the commencement of the
meeting.
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Minutes of Previous Meeting PDF 60 KB Minutes: That
the minutes of the previous meeting held on the 4 April 2019 be approved. |
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Forward Work Programme 2018/19 PDF 74 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The
Committee noted the Forward Work Programme for 2018/19. |
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Youth Offending Service and Action Plan Report PDF 224 KB Reports
of the Director of Social Services, Health and Housing Minutes: Members
received a briefing on the Youth Offending Service post inspection action plan
which was requested by Social Services, Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee
at the last meeting. It
was explained that HM Inspectors had agreed that the regional action plan to
mitigate the issues identified in the inspection would now form individual
local plans for each Council who were previously part of the Western Bay Youth
Justice and Early Intervention Service. Members
were pleased that Hertfordshire and Carmarthenshire County Councils had been
assisting with the improvement plan for the Youth Offending Service as they had
previously been in a similar position. Reassurance
was given that the Head of Participation was a member of the newly formed youth
offending management board to ensure that schools were contributing to the
action plan and that information was shared. Concern
was expressed at the lack of participation by Swansea Bay University Health
Board in the Western Bay Management Board as identified in the inspection
report. Members received reassurance
that Swansea Bay University Health Board had given a commitment to be involved
in the future and had received instructions from Welsh Government confirming
their involvement in the Neath Port Talbot Youth Offending Management
Board. In addition, regular update
reports would be submitted to the Social Care, Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny
Committee which would include the lists of attendees at the management board
meetings. Update reports would be
submitted to Committee on a quarterly basis for Members’ consideration. Members
noted the report, subject to the update reports being submitted on a quarterly
basis. |
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Report on the Rota Visits Feedback PDF 60 KB Report
of the Head of Adult Services Minutes: The
Committee received an overview of the Lay Assessor (Elected Members) visits to
residential and nursing care homes in Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council,
as detailed in the circulated report. Discussion
took place on previous rota visits and the need for the lay assessors (Elected
Members) to receive feedback on issues raised during those visits. Officers explained that all issues raised were
actioned but in future feedback would be given to the lay assessors on the
outcome of the concerns raised. Concern
was expressed at the proposal to reduce the number of rota visits undertaken by
lay assessors (Elected Members) and Members asked what the reason was for the
reduction in these visits. It was
explained that due to the delay in commencing the visits and the number of
statutory inspections that were taking place, the timescale for the visits had
reduced from 20 to 10 per year. Members
identified the need to ensure consistency takes place with the rota visits, and
asked that the same lay assessor (Elected Member) visits the same residential
home/nursing home as previously. Members
approved the recommendation that the Lay Assessor care home visit programme
from 2019 and onwards would consist of 10 visits per year to residential and
nursing care homes within Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. |
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Pre-Scrutiny Minutes: The
Committee scrutinised the following matters: Neath
Port Talbot’s Plan for Children and Young People Services 2019 – 2022 Members
received an update on the outcome of the public consultation on Neath Port Talbot’s
Plan for Children and Young People Services 2019 – 2022 as detailed in the
circulated report. Members
were pleased that work was on-going in regard to developing the easy read
version of the plan as currently it seemed to be a shorten version of the plan
rather than a user friendly version. It
was also highlighted that during the consultation it was recognised that in
future more time needed to be set aside for consultation with service users. The
committee also asked Officers to highlight the difficulty being experienced in
accessing the consultation on the Neath Port Talbot website and the need to
raise with the relevant section. Members
were pleased in the way that Social Services, Health and Housing worked with
the third sector especially in the current economic climate with limited
resources available. Following
scrutiny, the Committee was supportive of the proposals to be considered by the
Cabinet Board. Neath
Port Talbot’s Plan for Adult Social Care 2019 – 2022 Members
received an update on the outcome of the public consultation on the Neath Port
Talbot’s Plan for Adult Social Care 2019 – 2022, as detailed in the circulated
report. Similar,
to the previous item the easy read version needed to be user friendly rather
than a shorten version of the plan. Discussion
took place on the Equality Impact Assessment (EIAs) and what the criteria was
for selecting the protected characteristics contained within the
assessment. It was explained that the
assessment was based on officer judgement but that Officers would take into
account the discussion this afternoon when doing EIAs in future. In addition, officers would consider whether
a working group could be established to look at EIA’s. The
Committee asked that consideration be given to ensuring that people who were
unable to read were able to access alternative methods of communication or
assistance from one of the voluntary organisations to ensure everyone had an
opportunity to contribute to the consultation process. Following
scrutiny, the Committee was supportive of the proposals being considered by
Cabinet Board. Access to Meetings
Pre-Scrutiny The
Committee scrutinised the following private Cabinet Board item: Private
Cabinet Board Proposals Hillside
– The Regulated Service (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales)
Regulations 2017 The
Committee received an overview of the Regulated Service (Wales) Regulations
2017, as detailed in the circulated report.
The regulations required a monthly visit to Hillside Secure Centre by a
member of staff who was not directly concerned with the conduct of the Secure
Children’s Home. Following scrutiny, the report ... view the full minutes text for item 6. |