Update on Literacy Review

The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny completed a review of literacy across schools in swansea last year and have,  for their meeting on 23rd January, asked for an update on the progress made in relation to the recommendations that were agreed by Cabinet on  7th April 2011. The Board will be keen to […]

Visitors from Mannheim

The Board recently welcomed delegates from Mannheim Council, including their Mayor, Dr Peter Kurtz and the Deputy Mayor, Christian Specht.  Representatives from the Social Democrats, Liberal Democrats, Christian Democrats and the Green party also accompanied them, along with a number of officers.  They met with the Chair of the Board, Councillor Darren Price, before the […]

Scrutiny councillors quiz new director on carers

Councillors on the Health Social Care & Well Being overview and scrutiny board questioned the new director of Social Services, Phil Hodgson, and the new Head of Child & Family Services, David Howes on the issue of support for carers.  The board is currently reviewing how the Council and its partners identify and support carers, including […]

Social Services Improvement Agency Learning Library

The SSIA has launched a new ‘Learning library’ which pulls together the wide selection of SSIA learning resources developed over the past 5 years.  The  library allows you to search through a wide selection of resources, ranging from reports, interactive toolkits, factsheets and e-learning resources, and through a range of topics across adult and children’s services. […]

Financial Recovery Plan

The 3rd joint meeting of the Child & Family Services Overview & Scrutiny Board and the Performance & Finance Overview & Scrutiny Board was held recently at the beginning of December and it was an opportunity for the members of the Performance & Finance Overview & Scrutiny Board to meet the new Corporate Director responsible […]

Monitoring Performance & Budget

The Performance & Finance Overview & Scrutiny Board has recently been looking at how well the Council is doing over a range of services that it provides.  Information is collected on all the Council’s departments and is reported on every 3 months.  This information compares how well the Council is actually performing with how it […]