Decision details

Funding of Staff Costs within Children's Services

Decision Maker: The Executive

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

It was RESOLVED :-

 

·      To allocate the sum of £221,257 from reserves to enable the extension of contracts of agency staff for a further three months. ( 1 Service Manager’s post to be extended until 2018 and 3 Social Workers posts until the end of December 2017); 3 additional Social Workers and a Team Manager to be recruited to cover recent vacancies and sickness absence;

·      To proceed with the second phase of the restructuring of Children’s Services (additional costs of regrading posts in Teulu Môn), which requires an additional expenditure of £17,000 (which can be funded from staffing budget for Children’s Services);

·      To give the Head of Children’s Services the flexibility to utilise some of the budget unallocated (£93,957) after the restructuring to support the implementation of the Service Improvement Plan over the next few months.

Publication date: 17/07/2017

Date of decision: 17/07/2017

Decided at meeting: 17/07/2017 - The Executive

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