Agenda item

25/00005 - Integrated Work and Health Strategy for Kent and Medway

Minutes:

  1. Mr King introduced the report and provided an update on the development of the Integrated Health and Work Strategy for Kent and Medway which aimed to address issues linked to economic inactivity related to long- term health conditions.
  2. Mr Samson explained that a similar paper would be considered by the Adult Social Care & Public Health Cabinet Committee as well as organisations such as Medway Council and the Integrated Care Partnership. He established key elements of the implementation plan, including building employer confidence, skills and training priority, anchor institutions and keeping workforces healthy.
  3. In response to comments and questions from guests and Members the discussion covered the following:
  • Members praised the report and comments were acknowledged on the benefits of flexible working arrangements.
  • In the report, the term ‘job carving’ referred to the match between the skillset of an individual and the needs of an employer when it comes to shaping job roles.
  1. RESOLVED to endorse the proposed decision by the Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Coastal Regeneration to:
  • APPROVE and ADOPT the Kent and Medway Integrated Work and Health Strategy on behalf of Kent County Council. Other partner organisations (Medway Council, the Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board) will also be taking the Plan through their own approval processes.
  • DELEGATE authority to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the Director of Growth and Communities, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care & Public Health and Cabinet Member for Economic Development & Coastal Regeneration, to sign off the final plan, refresh and/or make revisions to the Plan as appropriate during the lifetime of the plan.
  • DELEGATE authority to the Director of Public Health, in consultation with the Director of Growth & Communities, to take relevant actions, including but not limited to finalising the terms of, and entering into required contract or other legal agreements, as necessary to implement the decision.

 

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