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RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 23 October 2025 be approved as a correct record.
RESOLVED: (a) That the Forward Work Programme be noted; (b) That the Facilitator, in consultation with the Chair of the Committee, be authorised to vary the Forward Work Programme between meetings, as the need arises; and (c) That the Committee noted the progress made in completing the outstanding actions.
RESOLVED: (a) That the Committee reviewed and challenged the Social Services portfolio’s cost pressures and actions to impact on the associated overspend in 2025/26; and (b) That the Committee noted the lengthy processes and timelines for delivering Extra Care and recommended that this cost pressure is deferred to 2026/27. The Committee also noted the need to ascertain feasibility of current/projected need, sustainability and revenue funding aligned to capital development of Extra Care.
RESOLVED: Members reviewed the progression model of support and supported the approach as the guiding framework for supported living accommodation for adults with a learning disability.
RESOLVED: (a) That members reviewed and supported initiatives aimed at expanding in-house general fostering households. This work aimed to increase local placements for children and reduce dependency on high-cost Independent Agency Fostering; (b) That members evaluated the outcomes of the Mockingbird programme in Flintshire and formally endorsed the schemes expansion to build a resilient, flexible cohort of foster carers through peer support and networked care; (c) That member actively supported the implementation of the ‘Lleol’ initiative as part of the Reconnect scheme, designed to enable children looked after to return to local residential services and transition smoothly from residential care to foster placements; and (d) That members supported the plan to increase the Special Guardianship service so more children looked after remain with connected carers under arrangements that promoted stability and continuity of care.
RESOLVED: That members reviewed and formally acknowledged the progress achieved in implementing the Reconnect programme and endorsed the reintegration of children from out-of-county residential placements where this was assessed as a safe and appropriate transition, aligned to a child’s needs.
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Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 23 October 2025 be approved as a correct record.
RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting held on 23 October 2025 be approved as a correct record.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: (a) That the Forward Work Programme be noted; (b) That the Facilitator, in consultation with the Chair of the Committee, be authorised to vary the Forward Work Programme between meetings, as the need arises; and (c) That the Committee noted the progress made in completing the outstanding actions.
The Overview and Scrutiny Facilitator presented the current Forward Work Programme (agenda item 4) to consider the current Forward Work Programme and Action Tracking progress. The Senior Manager – Integrated Services and Lead Adults agreed to discuss further a question that was raised by Councillor Ibbotson about Care and Repair and NEWCES if he approached her. Councillor Tina Claydon questioned when Rota Visits would begin again which the Facilitator agreed to follow up with the relevant Officers. RESOLVED: (a) That the Forward Work Programme be noted; (b) That the Facilitator, in consultation with the Chair of the Committee, be authorised to vary the Forward Work Programme between meetings, as the need arises; and (c) That the Committee noted the progress made in completing the outstanding actions.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: (a) That the Committee reviewed and challenged the Social Services portfolio’s cost pressures and actions to impact on the associated overspend in 2025/26; and (b) That the Committee noted the lengthy processes and timelines for delivering Extra Care and recommended that this cost pressure is deferred to 2026/27. The Committee also noted the need to ascertain feasibility of current/projected need, sustainability and revenue funding aligned to capital development of Extra Care.
The Strategic Finance Manager – Management Accounting introduced the report (agenda item 5) then handed over to the Chief Officer (Social Services) who took members through the various pressures for them to review and comment on under the remit of the Committee. The Chief Officer (Social Services) agreed to provide comparison figures for external and inhouse care home costs to include hourly rates as requested by Councillor Lister. The Senior Manager, Children’s Services agreed to provide information on the total funding cost for Ty Nyth as requested by Councillor Coggins Cogan. It was agreed that a visit would be arranged to the Extra Care facility in Holywell for new members of the committee and any other members that would like to participate. It was suggested that if the Out of County Placements was not £2.500m then consideration should be given to ring fencing the underspend for the benefit of the social services portfolio. The Chief Officer explained that as this was a joint budget with education, that would be problematic. RESOLVED: (a) That the Committee reviewed and challenged the Social Services portfolio’s cost pressures and actions to impact on the associated overspend in 2025/26; and (b) That the Committee noted the lengthy processes and timelines for delivering Extra Care and recommended that this cost pressure is deferred to 2026/27. The Committee also noted the need to ascertain feasibility of current/projected need, sustainability and revenue funding aligned to capital development of Extra Care.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: Members reviewed the progression model of support and supported the approach as the guiding framework for supported living accommodation for adults with a learning disability.
A short video, which was a submission as part of an award which the Team within Social Services recently won, was played prior to the Senior Manager – Integrated Services and Lead Adults introducing the report (agenda item 6) which provided members with an update on work within Supported Living that implemented a Progression Model focussed approach to the provision of care and support. RESOLVED: Members reviewed the progression model of support and supported the approach as the guiding framework for supported living accommodation for adults with a learning disability.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: (a) That members reviewed and supported initiatives aimed at expanding in-house general fostering households. This work aimed to increase local placements for children and reduce dependency on high-cost Independent Agency Fostering; (b) That members evaluated the outcomes of the Mockingbird programme in Flintshire and formally endorsed the schemes expansion to build a resilient, flexible cohort of foster carers through peer support and networked care; (c) That member actively supported the implementation of the ‘Lleol’ initiative as part of the Reconnect scheme, designed to enable children looked after to return to local residential services and transition smoothly from residential care to foster placements; and (d) That members supported the plan to increase the Special Guardianship service so more children looked after remain with connected carers under arrangements that promoted stability and continuity of care.
The Senior Manager, Children’s Services introduced the report (agenda item 7) on the findings of an evaluation of the Mockingbird Fostering model and proposals for service development. RESOLVED: (a) That members reviewed and supported initiatives aimed at expanding in-house general fostering households. This work aimed to increase local placements for children and reduce dependency on high-cost Independent Agency Fostering; (b) That members evaluated the outcomes of the Mockingbird programme in Flintshire and formally endorsed the schemes expansion to build a resilient, flexible cohort of foster carers through peer support and networked care; (c) That member actively supported the implementation of the ‘Lleol’ initiative as part of the Reconnect scheme, designed to enable children looked after to return to local residential services and transition smoothly from residential care to foster placements; and (d) That members supported the plan to increase the Special Guardianship service so more children looked after remain with connected carers under arrangements that promoted stability and continuity of care.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: That members reviewed and formally acknowledged the progress achieved in implementing the Reconnect programme and endorsed the reintegration of children from out-of-county residential placements where this was assessed as a safe and appropriate transition, aligned to a child’s needs.
The Senior Manager, Children’s Services introduced the report (agenda item 8) on the progress in delivering a project to support young people to move from high-cost residential care in line with their assessed needs. RESOLVED: That members reviewed and formally acknowledged the progress achieved in implementing the Reconnect programme and endorsed the reintegration of children from out-of-county residential placements where this was assessed as a safe and appropriate transition, aligned to a child’s needs.
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