As Cabinet Member for Integrated Children’s Services, I agree to:
i)Re-open the Kent and Medway Independent Fostering Services Framework Agreement to allow new providers to join from April 2024.
ii) Delegate decisions and necessary actions, including the award and the implementation of any contract, contract extensions and re-openings of the Framework, allowable within the terms and conditions of the contract, to the Corporate Director for Children, Young People and Education, or other Officer as instructed by the Corporate Director for Children, Young People and Education, in consultation with the Cabinet Member.