Decision:
As Cabinet Member for Integrated Children’s Services, I agree to:
i) Provide five months’ notice on 1 April 2024 to the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) of the withdrawal of investment for fast-tracked assessments for Looked After Children and Harmful Sexual Abuse from 1 September 2024.
ii) Continue to contribute £150,000 annual funding for services to the Pupil Referral Units and Post Sexual Abuse.
Delegate decisions and necessary actions 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 to implement the decision.