Agenda and decisions

Purpose:          This report presents the South East Wales Education Achievement Service (EAS) Business Plan 2016-2019. The plan sets out the priorities, programmes and outcomes to be achieved by the EAS on behalf of the South East Wales Consortium.

Author:            Debbie Harteveld, Managing Director (Interim) EAS

Contact Details: Debbie.harteveld@sewaleseas.org.uk

Cabinet endorse the content of the EAS Business Plan.

Purpose:          To update Cabinet members of progress made in the on-going development of Mardy Park Resource Centre [MPRC] as set out in the review report. To seek approval for the recommendations set out below.

Author:            Colin Richings, Lead for Older People’s Direct Care

Contact Details: colinrichings@monmouthshire.gov.uk

1.    That Cabinet supports the on-going development of Mardy Park Resource Centre as a community hub promoting / supporting the health and well-being of the Bryn-y-Cwm community.

2.    That Cabinet support the application for a call on the redundancy and pension’s reserve of £102,486 to fund redundancies as a result of the service redesign (see Appendix 3) for costs not met within current budgets.

3.    That Cabinet approve revisions to the staffing structure originally approved by Cabinet in October 2015.

Purpose:          The local authority has completed its consultation on the proposed closure of the Special Needs Resource Base (SNRB) at Deri View Primary School, for pupils aged 4 to 11 years with moderate learning difficulties and social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.  This consultation constitutes part of Stage 2 of the Additional Learning Needs Review of provision across the county.  The purpose of the report is to provide Cabinet with the consultation report, which studies the responses received in reply to the proposals arising from the consultation undertaken.

Author:            Sharon Randall-Smith

Contact Details: sharonrandallsmith@monmouthshire.gov.uk

To fully consider the place of the SNRB within a the much wider review currently underway including the provision for Additional Learning Needs and Inclusion Services across the authority and the South East Wales region.

Purpose:          To outline the restructure of Acorn Project staffing due to a reduction in the Welsh Government Families First grant April 2016 – March 2017.  To seek approval for the release of any potential redundancy payments arising from the restructure from the contingent liability reserve.

Author:            Clair Evans

Contact Details: clairevans@monmouthshire.gov.uk

1.    To approve the proposed restructure where a 1.0 FTE term time Family Support Advisor post and 0.5 FTE term time Language and Play worker post will be deleted from the structure to take effect July 2016.

2.    To approve up to £15,000 of associated redundancy payments from the Redundancy and pensions reserve should staff not be re-deployed and the service budgets be unable to cover these costs.

Purpose:          To provide Cabinet with an evaluation of the Community Coordination and Small Local Enterprise pilot that began in April 2014 and is now nearing its conclusion.

Authors:           Nicki Needle, Changing Practice, Changing Lives Lead

Matthew Gatehouse, Policy and Performance Manager

Contact Details: nicolaneedle@monmouthshire.gov.uk

   matthewgatehouse@monmouthshire.gov.uk

1.    Cabinet are invited to consider the report and the accompanying appendix to evaluate the extent to which the business case has achieved what it set out to do and the extent to which the learning can be used to inform the future development of services.

2.    That officers are tasked with using this learning to develop the next stage of the transformation journey for adult social care.

Purpose:          To present an update of progress for 2015/16 and the plan for 2016-17 for the People and Organisational Development Strategy 2014-17

Author:            Lisa Knight-Davies, Organisational Development Manager

Contact Details: lisaknight-davies@monmouthshire.gov.uk

1.    That Cabinet receives an update of progress for 2015/16 against the People and Organisational Development Strategy for 2014-17.

2.    That Cabinet approves the draft People Services business plan for 2016-17 that contains the Workforce Delivery Plan for the concluding year of the current strategy.

Purpose:          The purpose of this report is to present the iCounty Strategy Business Plan for 2016/19, along with a report on MCC’s Digital and Technology service and how it aligns with MCC’s iCounty, People and Place strategies.

Author:            Sian Hayward, Digital and Technology Manager

Contact Details: sianhayward@monmouthshire.gov.uk

That cabinet agree the 2016/19 iCounty Business Plan and delivery report.

Purpose:          To approve the Play Sufficiency Assessment and Action Plan for 16/17 as submitted in draft to Welsh Government by the statutory deadline of 31 March 2016.

Author:            Matthew Lewis, Green Infrastructure and Countryside Manager

Contact Details: matthewlewis@monmouthshire.gov.uk

1.    To approve the Play Sufficiency Assessment and Action Plan for 16/17

2.    To mandate the Play Strategy Group to seek to progress the key actions identified in the Action Pan

Purpose:          The purpose of the report is to provide the Cabinet with a record of the recommendations and outcomes of the Select Committee meetings during January to March 2016.

Author:            Hazel Ilett, Scrutiny Manager

Contact Details: hazelilett@monmouthshire.gov.uk

1.    That the Cabinet acknowledge the contribution made by the Council’s Select Committees towards policy development and decision-making;

2.    That Cabinet Members familiarise themselves with the outcomes of the Select Committees to ensure they respond appropriately to recommendations and requests made by the Select Committees, in line with the Council’s Scrutiny and Executive Protocol.