Agenda and draft minutes

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To receive any apologies for absence.

There were no apologies for absence.

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business (late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with as noted below).

There were no Items of Urgent Business

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There were no Declarations of Interest.

To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B, Paragraph 29 of the Council’s Constitution.

None.

To consider and comment on proposals for the Transitions Programme, including the establishment of a Haringey Integrated Transition Service, which will undertake a cross directorate, multi-agency approach to support and prepare young people (14-25) already known to existing teams within children’s services and young people who present as vulnerable as they transition into adulthood.

The Meeting in Common of the Adults & Health, and the Children & Young People’s Scrutiny Panels received a cover report and PowerPoint presentation which provided an update to Members on the development of a new Transitions programme in Haringey. The creation of an new integrated Transitions Programme would support young people, aged 14-25 to transition to adulthood. The programme would use a strengths-based approach to maximise independence and develop resilience to enable young people to reach their fullest potential, and in turn reduce dependence on Adult Social Services and whole life costs. Haringey Integrated Transitions Programme aimed to be a cross agency service with intentional co-dependencies with Housing, Health, Adults, Education and Community Sector partners, including faith leaders.

The report and presentation were introduced by Beverley Hendricks, AD for Safeguarding & Social Care and Vicky Murphy, Service Director for Adult Social Services, as set out in the agenda pack at pages 1-15. Ann Graham, Director of Children’s services was present for this agenda item, along with Dennis Scotland, Head of Children in Care and Placements. Cllr Brabazon, Cabinet Member for Children, Schools , and Families was also present.  The following arose during the discussion of the presentation:

a.    In response to a question, officers advised that they recognised that every child’s position and situation was unique and that they would be working holistically to improve outcomes for any given child. Officers emphasised that there were also opportunities to work closely with the Cabinet Member outside of the transitions programme. The example of providing bespoke aids and adaptions for a child with a particular set of needs was noted as an example of the type of work that would be undertaken by the Transitions service. The Director provided assurances that they would be working closely with partners in Health and other sectors, to look at how to improve pathways and minimise delays.

b.    Officers also set out that behind each of the four outcomes, there was a sub-group that would be in place to deal with the day-to-day task of clearing pathways and delivering improvements.

c.    The Panel sought assurances about a lack of a joined up approach in the past and how officers would ensure that there were clear lines of communication between different services. In response, officers set out that in the past the usual approach was to see how improvements could be made within existing structures. The Transitions approach was setting up a dedicated group to help the organisation better understand the psyco-social needs of our young people. Officers emphasised the fact that the system needed to have flex to reflect the fact that circumstances for an individual or family could change.

d.    In relation to housing, officers advised that a lot of work had been done by Adult Social Services on the locality model and keeping pathways clear so that young people could access support at different stages of their development. It was recognised that their support needs did not just stop at the age of 25. Officers emphasised  ...  view the full minutes text for item 55.

To consider any items admitted at item 3 above.

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