On Tuesday the Health Social Care & Well Being Overview & Scrutiny Board met with the Cabinet Member for Social Services to question him on his report on alternative models of service delivery for adult social care. The Cabinet Member was due to take a report to Cabinet on Thursday which sought approval from Cabinet to proceed with […]
Getting to the bottom of what it means to be a Corporate Parent
August 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Corporate Parenting Task & Finish Group (set up by the Child & Family Servicse Overview & Scrutiny Board) met yesterday . The group discussed the results of the corporate parenting surevy that was sent to all councillors, it looked at how other local authority scrutiny boards have delved into the subject of corporate parenting & it looked at practical examples gleaned from elsewhere of […]
What’s the Best Way to Meet the Needs of Children & Young People?
July 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday the Children, Young People and Learning Overview & Scrutiny Board met and looked at the Team Around the Child Project. Hilary Davies project manager, Eirion Davies the TAC co-ordinator and Rachael Webb, Headteacher at Hafod Primary School came along to explain progress made. TAC is an approach to meeting the needs of vulnerable children by getting […]
Introducing the r-Board
May 28, 2010 by 2 Comments
To coincide with the launch of the i-pad today I’d like to reveal our own piece of state of the art technology: the r-Board. Let me tell you about this very important piece of kit. The r-Board helps us keep track of the reviews that the overview & scrutiny boards are working on. It goes like this: […]