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AGREED – That subject to the aforementioned amendments, the Work Programme be agreed.
AGREED: (i) That the Safeguarding, Communities and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee welcomed the report and expressed gratitude to all responsible Authorities and Partnership Agencies involved in the Community Safety Partnership Plan. (ii) The Committee thanked the Lead Member, Chief Inspector and Officers on the positive performance, in addition to the Safer Street scheme, which will further benefit the communities of Wrexham County Borough. (iii) That moving forward any figures supplied by the Community Safety Partnership / North Wales Police which show significant increases or decreases will be provided with associated context and explanation where possible, particularly in relation to local communities.
AGREED: I. That the Committee acknowledge and thank staff for their commitment and dedication working continually throughout the pandemic. II. That the Committee thank all the Officers involved for the detailed and comprehensive report. III. That a chart be devised to show the level of those numbers requiring a service and length of wait to allow for this area to be monitored more closely. This can then be used as a bench mark for future years to measure performance in this very crucial area of Health and Social Care.
Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of Councillors Krista Childs, Alison Tynan and Kate Wilkinson.
AGREED – That the Minutes of the Meeting held on 13 July 2022 be signed as a correct record.
No declarations made at the meeting.
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AGREED – That subject to the aforementioned amendments, the Work Programme be agreed.
The Chief Officer Governance and Customer submitted a report (COGC/97/22s) asking Members to consider the revised work programme. The Scrutiny Facilitator presented the report and highlighted the changes made since the last Meeting. The changes have been incorporated into a revised Work Programme as Appendix 1. · CIW (Care Inspectorate Wales) Inspection report be scheduled after Executive Board in September and for consideration at the same meeting as the first Children’s Social Care Annual Performance Monitoring Report, in November 2022. · Adult Social Care Contract Monitoring report be deferred from September to October due to staff changes. · Community Safety Partnership Performance Annual Report be deferred from September to October to enable the Chief Inspector to attend. · Care Home Commissioning for Older People be deferred from October to January 2023. · Review of Employment and Disability Services – Phase 3 be deferred from January to March 2023 to accommodate the Care Home Commissioning Report in January. · Also that the report in respect of the Public Service Board be removed from the work programme, as their focus over the recent past has been in respect of Covid response and recovery. Overview reports have been considered by the Customers, Performance, Resources & Governance Scrutiny Committee, with Employment, Business & Investment Scrutiny Committee focusing on some economic recovery elements. · A draft topic selection form had been received via the Chair and will be put forward for consideration when fully complete. The form relates to the following topic - “To examine Wrexham Council's strategy to reduce the number of children and young people in Wrexham coming forward needing significant interventions by its Children's Services Department, The Prevention and Early Help Partnership (PEHP)” · That the report in respect of the Public Service Board be removed from the work programme, as their focus over the recent past has been in respect of Covid-19 response and recovery. AGREED – That subject to the aforementioned amendments, the Work Programme be agreed.
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AGREED: (i) That the Safeguarding, Communities and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee welcomed the report and expressed gratitude to all responsible Authorities and Partnership Agencies involved in the Community Safety Partnership Plan. (ii) The Committee thanked the Lead Member, Chief Inspector and Officers on the positive performance, in addition to the Safer Street scheme, which will further benefit the communities of Wrexham County Borough. (iii) That moving forward any figures supplied by the Community Safety Partnership / North Wales Police which show significant increases or decreases will be provided with associated context and explanation where possible, particularly in relation to local communities.
The Lead Member for Community Safety and Partnerships submitted a report (CE/57/22) to allow the Committee, acting as the Crime & Disorder Scrutiny Committee, to review and / or scrutinise decisions by the Wrexham Community Safety Partnership (CSP) in connection with the discharge of crime and disorder functions by Responsible Authorities. The Chair welcomed North Wales Police representative, Chief Inspector Helen Douglas (Chair of the Community Safety Partnership) to the Meeting. The Lead Member presented the report and in doing so paid tribute to the work on community safety carried out by all partners. Chief Inspector Douglas gave a presentation to the Committee, and highlighted information on the following: · Priority One – Creating Safer Neighbourhoods · Priority Two – Reducing the Harmful Effects of Alcohol · Priority Three – Supporting Vulnerable People · Priority Four – Ensuring People Feel Safe · Summary of Progress Following the presentation, a discussion ensued and questions were responded to accordingly. The following points were raised during the debate: · Confirmation that the Hafan y Dre Welfare Centre is continuing to operate successfully at the weekends in the city centre providing a much needed service. · Good progress had been made in relation to the Safer Streets scheme and that the funding that had previously been secured is now funding a multi-agency group to benefit the communities of Wrexham with the main focus on the night time economy and with the intention of taking in a wider area particularly around the five secondary schools. · Information requested regarding action taken for cuckooing. The Chief Inspector advised that work with colleagues across partnerships such as the Outreach Team, Substance Misuse Team and Housing was important in tackling these type of issues. · It was pleasing to see the ‘Pop up Cop Shop’ in the city centre and encouraging to hear that it is used by people to report crime and other concerns. · The importance of reducing the harmful effects of alcohol related crime at licensed premises. · The Chief Inspector shared the concerns raised by Councillors regarding hate crime in Wrexham, and conformed that Police and partnership organisations are committed to supporting vulnerable people in the community and ensuring people feel safe. · She also outlined that some increases in rates of offending are in many cases due to increased reporting which is to be welcomed. AGREED: (i) That the Safeguarding, Communities and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee welcomed the report and expressed gratitude to all responsible Authorities and Partnership Agencies involved in the Community Safety Partnership Plan. (ii) The Committee thanked the Lead Member, Chief Inspector and Officers on the positive performance, in addition to the Safer Street scheme, which will further benefit the communities of Wrexham County Borough. (iii) That moving forward any figures supplied by the Community Safety Partnership / North Wales Police which show significant increases or decreases will be provided with associated context and explanation where possible, particularly in relation to local communities.
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AGREED: I. That the Committee acknowledge and thank staff for their commitment and dedication working continually throughout the pandemic. II. That the Committee thank all the Officers involved for the detailed and comprehensive report. III. That a chart be devised to show the level of those numbers requiring a service and length of wait to allow for this area to be monitored more closely. This can then be used as a bench mark for future years to measure performance in this very crucial area of Health and Social Care.
The Lead Member for Adult Social Caret submitted a report (COSC/25/22) to provide Members with information on contract monitoring arrangements for statutory service provision within Adult Social Care during the financial year 2021-22 with the inclusion of notable updates from April 2022 to date. In introducing the report the Lead Members informed members of the following: · Contract monitoring activity and resources within the Department for the year 2021-22 continued to be redeployed to efforts to support the social care sector with the Covid-19 pandemic, as restrictions on visiting care homes and other people’s homes did not allow for usual monitoring processes to take place. · From April 2022 onwards, some targeted monitoring took place in certain settings in order to safeguard the welfare of people we support as well as driving up provider standards. The North Wales Quality Services: Delivering What Matters (known as ‘Escalating Concerns’) continued to be referred to and followed where issues with service provision were identified. · Feedback questionnaires were sent out to all people receiving domiciliary care in their own homes, and to all recorded relatives for people living in residential homes. · The Team were unable to carry out a full programme of field-based monitoring activity however, Quality Circle meetings continued during the year and were held weekly, instead of quarterly. · The frequency of these meetings was increased to weekly in order to identify any potential quality and performance issues with internal and external provider services at the earliest opportunity. · People who were shielding at home and in receipt of services received telephone welfare checks from social work teams, and any feedback or concerns relating to service provision was shared with the Contracts Monitoring Officers. · The contracts team had also adopted the North Wales monitoring framework which uses more observational based work to capture provider’s performance. Members considered the report and made reference to the following matters in particular: · Acknowledgement that, in general, service users’ and their families’ satisfaction levels remained high and were improving. · A Member raised the question relating to those people who are currently awaiting a care package and asked what help and support is available to young carers. · The Contracts Manager for Adult Social Care confirmed that all young carer have access to an assessment and support. · Discussions took place about the delay in discharge from hospital of patients that require Care in the Community or a care home placement. AGREED: I. That the Committee acknowledge and thank staff for their commitment and dedication working continually throughout the pandemic. II. That the Committee thank all the Officers involved for the detailed and comprehensive report. III. That a chart be devised to show the level of those numbers requiring a service and length of wait to allow for this area to be monitored more closely. This can then be used as a bench mark for future years to measure performance in this very crucial area of Health and Social Care.
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