Issue - meetings

To submit the report of the Head of Service (Childrens’ Services),

RESOLVED:-

·         To note the statutory requirements to establish the IFSS service;

·         To approve the partnership approach to service development and delivery;

·         To proceed to appoint the Consultant Social Worker who needs to have  a strategic role in the development of the service (Ynys Môn) with a target “on line” date of October 2013;

·         To establish the Project Plan and Project Group encompassing the following elements:

1.    Recruitment strategy and timeline

2.    Office accommodation

3.    Eligibility Criteria and gatekeeping arrangements

4.    Administrative and on-costs identification

5.    Protocols

6.    Training requirements

7.    Review requirements

8.    Capacity projection (number of cases)

9.    Governance arrangements

10.  Development of the Quality Assurance framework

11.  Information Technology requirements

12.  Establishing core budget requirements

Submitted - A report by the Head of Service (Children’s Services) seeking Executive approval for the actions necessary to meet the statutory requirement to establish the IFSS service as required by the Children and Families (Wales) Measure, 2010.

In order to meet the statutory requirement it was recommended to establish a single IFSS Team to operate across Gwynedd and Ynys Môn with this Authority acting as the lead/host authority.

RESOLVED:-

·         To note the statutory requirements to establish the IFSS service;

·         To approve the partnership approach to service development and delivery;

·         To proceed to appoint the Consultant Social Worker who needs to have  a strategic role in the development of the service (Ynys Môn) with a target “on line” date of October 2013;

·         To establish the Project Plan and Project Group encompassing the following elements:

1.    Recruitment strategy and timeline

2.    Office accommodation

3.    Eligibility Criteria and gatekeeping arrangements

4.    Administrative and on-costs identification

5.    Protocols

6.    Training requirements

7.    Review requirements

8.    Capacity projection (number of cases)

9.    Governance arrangements

10.  Development of the Quality Assurance framework

11.  Information Technology requirements

12.  Establishing core budget requirements