Issue - meetings

(Report of the Chair of Overview and Scrutiny) To suggest areas where Overview and Scrutiny might usefully conduct an in-depth review, further to the Committee asking for a report on the possibility of undertaking an in-depth review on the co-ordination of services for 16 -19 year olds.

The Committee received a report on the feasibility of undertaking an in-depth review on the co-ordination of services for 16-19 year olds, and on areas where such a review might usefully be commissioned.

The Committee considered the options set out in the report. Young people leaving care, and the transition from the Children’s Service to Adult Social Care were identified as particular concerns by Members.

RESOLVED

i)                    That a review into the transition of young people looked after by the Council from the Children and Young People’s Service to Adult social care be commissioned, looking at how people are identified and how planning takes place to support the transition to adult services or redirection to mainstream services where eligibility for adults is not met.

ii)                  That the co-options as set out in the report be agreed in principle and that the review be undertaken in accordance with the principals set out in Paragraph 13 of the report.