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.
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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 was noted.