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The Cabinet Member for Cabinet Member for Council House building, Placemaking, and Local Economy wanted it noted that paragraph 1.1 of the report contained an error and should instead read: ‘this proposal seeks the approval from the Cabinet Member for Cabinet Member for Council House building, Placemaking, and Local Economy for Haringey Council to accept £807,302 UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) revenue funding from Central London Forward for the period spanning April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025. No additional funding is required for this grant. The allocated funds will directly support Opportunity Haringey, our Inclusive Economy Framework Theme 3 – Good Work and Skills and be delivered by a collaboration of Haringey Learns and Haringey Works’.

It was noted that the Cabinet Member Introduction of the report should be revised and that the revised Cabinet Member Introduction should be as follows:

2.1. The People and Skills element of UKSPF came into force once European Social Fund monies ceased, and this element was released in October 2023 for the period up to March 2025. This funding has gone to the GLA for distribution. The GLA are using the funding in two ways firstly they are commissioning a range of People and Skills programmes, and the remaining balance of funds have been devolved to sub-regional partnerships. Haringey is part of the Central London Forward (CLF) partnership and the borough allocation to Haringey is spend, £807,302 for the 24/25 financial year.

2.2. Haringey’s approved plan for use of SPF funding outlines our intention to deliver employment support to residents furthest from the labour market through our Haringey Works and Haringey Learns services, and to work closely with locality and customer facing services across the Council to target residents facing the greatest barriers to accessing employment support. This aligns to our ambitions set out in Opportunity Haringey our Inclusive Economy Framework which aims to achieve an inclusive, more resilient economy, that is better able to withstand economic shocks and where our businesses can grow and thrive; with an economy that provides rewarding, well paid (at least London Living Wage) work. These ambitions directly align with the aims of the People and Skills UKSPF activities.

2.3. Haringey Works and Haringey Learns are central to delivering the aspirations of Theme 3 of Opportunity Haringey – ‘Good Work and Skills’ through a targeted and community based approach

The Cabinet Member for Council House building, Placemaking, and Local Economy RESOLVED:

To approve acceptance of a grant from CLF for £807,302 for the

delivery of the UKSPF People and Skills programme. The current agreement is

for a grant of £807,302, however dependent on whether there are underspends

by other authorities Cabinet are requested to approve acceptance of up to a

grant of £900,000. This will create an Employment Support programme

providing additional capacity for Haringey Works and Haringey Learns to deliver

employment and skills support for Haringey Residents. This is in accordance

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The Cabinet Member for Council House building, Placemaking, and Local Economy RESOLVED:

1) For the Lead Member for Council Housebuilding, Placemaking and Local Economy:

2) To note that this is a Cabinet Member signing in line with CSO’S - under part 4 section J 16.02 apply

3) To approve, pursuant to Contract Standing Order 9.07.1(d) the award of a (RIBA stage 5–6) contract to Bidder 3 for delivery of façade and shopfront improvement works to St Mark’s Methodist Church (SMMC) for the value of £652,115.00 plus a 15% contingency provision of £97,817.25, totalling a maximum of £749,932.25;

4) To approve, as allowed under CSO 9.07.3, the issue of a Letter of Intent pending execution of the formal works contract for £74,993.23, being 10% of the maximum contract value; and

5) To approve, pursuant to Contract Standing Orders (CSO) 17.3 and 9.07.1(c), the Council entering into a Funding and Works Agreement (FWA) with the managing trustees of SMMC (Rev. Stephen Poxon and Mr. Charles Agyemang-Duah) in relation to façade and shopfront improvement works to SMMC. The FWA will enable a grant of £682,014.00 to be given to SMCC, in exchange for which SMCC will contribute £180,000 towards the project costs and grant the Council a licence to deliver the works.

Reasons for decision:

This project forms part of the wider Tottenham High Street Heritage Action Zone (HS HAZ) regeneration scheme, a partnership between Historic England and Haringey Council with the aim of boosting the local economy by investing in Bruce Grove’s heritage assets including shopfronts.

Funding for the HS HAZ programme comes from a £2.012 million grant from Historic England, under the terms of a 2021 Funding Agreement, with £2.598 million of match-funding from Haringey Council, in addition to owner contributions. This Historic England Funding Agreement also stipulated that the programme must close by March 2024. There is thus a great deal of urgency surrounding the need to make a start on site before programme closure, in order to demonstrate the Council’s commitment to spending the grant allocation.

SMMC is identified as a key priority within the HS HAZ Programme Design, which forms part of the Council’s Funding Agreement with Historic England. SMMC has since become one of the flagship schemes of the HS HAZ programme. Page 6

Approximately 15% of the total costs for the SMMC project are to be funded by Historic England, which has stipulated that all grant funding must be spent and certain elements of the project completed by programme closure. If the funding deadline is not met, there is a risk that Historic England grant funding could be withdrawn.

The award of the contract for SMMC façade and shopfront improvement works and entering into a FWA will enable the Council to fulfil its commitments under the Historic England Funding Agreement and to residents and businesses of Tottenham by investing in a locally significant heritage building, while supporting a local community group and five local businesses providing vital services to local residents.

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Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Well-being wanted it noted that some contract providers are CQC Rated Requires Improvement and in this cases we apply our quality assurance framework and suspend new placements with the provider and support them to improve their service, until we are satisfied that we can lift the suspension.

The Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Wellbeing RESOLVED:

1.For the Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Wellbeing to

retrospectively approve, pursuant to Contract Standing Order 10.02.1 (b) and

16.2, the extension of twelve (12) contracts for the provision of bundled hours

home support and reablement service, for a six-month period, from 1st

September 2023 to 29th February 2024. The twelve contracts are listed in

Appendix 1 of this report.

2.The maximum cost of extending for six months, if all care hours are utilised,

is £5,021,640, taking the combined total contract values to a maximum of

£27,721,396. For the avoidance of doubt, payment will be made on services

called-off and delivered only, and the estimated likely spend based on

current utilisation is £4.1m.

3.For the Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Wellbeing to note that

a further report will be prepared to consider whether the council should

exercise its option, under the original tender, to extend the contracts for up

to a further 18 months.

4.For the Cabinet Member for Health, Social Care and Wellbeing to note the

Council’s position (as set out in para 6.4) in respect of bundled hours home

Support

Reasons for decision

Haringey’s new model of care for home care support was developed using a

Co-design process that engaged with front line care workers, provider

agencies, service users, and social care staff.

Since the introduction of the contracts there has been measurable

improvements in the service offer for Haringey residents receiving home care

and reablement. Analysis shows that a larger proportion of care hours are

being delivered by a smaller number of providers, which we know has several

benefits, including: a more unified approach between care providers, social

care and health professions, and the voluntary and community sector; more

effective contract monitoring and quality assurance through less Council

resource needed to ensure efficacy in delivery outcomes; and strengthening

crucial partnerships between the Council and Providers to assure quality

and continue to improve value. Amongst providers delivering these contracts

we have seen fewer packages handed back and fewer complaints about

consistency and continuity of care. Research shows that continuity of care

and increased coordination and communication between professionals

delivers improved outcomes for residents and can maintain or reduce needs.

The contract reviews which are currently underway, will aim to evaluate the

extent to which these outcomes have been delivered and can be evidenced.

The contracts have also led to improved contractual terms for care workers

with providers required to pay LLW, Travel and Waiting Time, and forgo their

use of zero hours contracts. Again, the contract reviews will consider the

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