Issue - meetings

To receive the report by the Corporate Director for Education and Young People’s Services, Cabinet Member for Community Services, Cabinet Member for Specialist Children’s Services and the Cabinet Member for Education and Health Reform to consider and endorse or make recommendations on the decision to be takenby the Cabinet Member for Specialist Children’s Services to make the award of contracts for the Family Support Service.

1)         Stuart Collins, 0-25 Area Head of Service - North Kent, introduced the report that said that Early Help and Preventative Services were planning to procure a Family Support Service and asked the Cabinet Committee to endorse a proposed decision by Peter Oakford, Cabinet Member for Specialist Children’s Services to make the award of contracts for the Family Support Service.

2)         In response to a concern raised Helen Cook, Commissioning Officer (Children’s), said she would circulate KPI’s detailing the performance of this service after the meeting.

3)         Mr Lymer, Deputy Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health, said both he and Mr Oakford were committed to achieving the tight timeframe required.

4)         The Education and Young People’s Services Cabinet Committee endorsed the proposed decision by Peter Oakford, Cabinet Member for Specialist Children’s Services to make the award of contracts for the Family Support Service.