Social Work And Health Committee - 23/11/2015

At a MEETING of the SOCIAL WORK AND HEALTH COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 23rd November, 2015.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Ken LYNN, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 28th September, 2015 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

No declarations of interest were made.

II THE CHIEF SOCIAL WORK OFFICER ANNUAL REPORT 2014/2015

There was submitted Report No 419-2015 by the Head of Service Strategy, Integration, Performance and Support Services bringing forward for members information and approval, the Chief Social Work Officers Annual Report for 2014/2015 which was attached to the report as Appendix 1.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) that the Chief Social Work Officers Annual Report for 2014/2015 be approved; and

(ii) that the report be submitted to the Scottish Government.

III KINSHIP CARE ALLOWANCES - PARITY WITH FOSTER CARERS

There was submitted Report No 427-2015 by the Head of Service Strategy, Integration, Performance and Support Services outlining proposals to bring kinship carer allowances in line with allowances made to foster carers following national discussions between COSLA and the Scottish Government.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to note recent developments on allowances for kinship carers and the agreed allocation and distribution of additional Scottish Government Funding of 10.1m nationally to support local authorities in achieving parity between kinship allowances and foster allowances; and

(ii) to set a revised level of payments as set out in the report, to enable parity in payment for kinship carers and foster carers, backdated to 1st October, 2015.

The Committee resolved under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the undernoted item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 3, 6 and 9 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act.

IV EAST PORT HOUSE SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION UNIT

There was submitted Report No 426-2015 by the Head of Service Strategy, Integration, Performance and Support Services providing information on the outcome of an Options Appraisal co-ordinated by Tayside Community Justice Authority on East Port House Supported Accommodation Unit.

The Committee agreed to the terms of the report.

Ken LYNN, Convener.