Issue - meetings

To receive a report which proposes to procure a new contract for the delivery of Independent Adoption and Special Guardianship Order Support Services.

(Karen Sharp (Head of Commissioning Children & Public Health) and Michelle Hall (Commissioning Manager (Children)) were in attendance for this item)

1.    Mr Gough (Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Education) and Karen Sharp introduced the report which set out the current KCC commissioning arrangements for Independent Adoption and Special Guardianship Order (SGO) Support Services which would expire in September 2018.

a)    In response to a question, Karen Sharp said that she would provide an update for Members before the contract expired in September 2018.

b)    In response to a question, Mr Gough said that although the service had been commissioned for ten years, the provider had not been the same throughout and therefore there was scope for change. Karen Sharp said that the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and costing elements would be analysed further to ensure that the contract focused on the appropriate aspects and ensured best practice for adoptees, birth parents, families and the provider.

2.    RESOLVED that the decision proposed to be taken by the Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Education, to

a)    agree to procure a new contract for Independent Adoption and Special Guardianship Order Support Services; and

b)    delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Children, Young People and Education, or other nominated officer, to undertake the necessary actions to implement the decision;

be endorsed.