Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: Civic Centre, High Road, Wood Green, N22 8LE

Contact: Dominic O'Brien, Principal Scrutiny Officer 

Items
No. Item

1.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note that this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on. 

 

By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

Minutes:

The Chair referred Members present to item 1 as shown on the agenda in respect of filming at the meeting and Members noted the information contained therein.

2.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors da Costa and Peacock.

3.

Declarations of Interest

A Member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest

becomes apparent, and

 

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Members’ Register of Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interest are

defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

Minutes:

None.

4.

Transitions Project Update pdf icon PDF 96 KB

To provide a progress update on the developments to date and next steps of the transitions project ‘Preparing for Adulthood’.

(To be considered jointly with the Children & Young People’s Scrutiny Panel)

 

Minutes:

(Considered jointly with the Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Panel)

 

The Panel received an update on the Transitions project.  It was noted that the project was intended to help better prepare young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities for adult life.  John Everson, Assistant Director for Adults, reported that the project had made some real achievements but there were still challenges to be met and further work would therefore be taking place to address them.  The project had been a collaborative piece of work between the Children and Young People’s and Adult Services.

 

The Panel noted that there had been a number of achievements by the project during the past year:

·         A transitions protocol had been developed with NHS services to ensure joint working to plan progression to adulthood;

·         Funding had been obtained from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide employment placements via my AFK for 27 people with disabilities;

·         Agreement had been reached with NHS partners on an improved referral pathway for Continuing Health Care to ensure continuity of services for people that receive funding from NHS; 

·         Free mental health support had been secured for people aged 16 and above to access the Haringey Well-Being Network;

·         Training had been provided for staff and partners to enhance their knowledge so that they were better able to signpost to community services.  Training had also been provided for commissioning staff to assist them in understanding user needs and negotiating the cost of care packages with providers;

·         Work had taken place with children’s mental health services to ensure improved referral routes to adult social care for assessments;

·         The IT system had been updated to improve recording of transitions information for young people; and

·         A monthly transitions co-production group had been established with families and staff.

 

There had been a number of achievements by the Transitions Reference Group through co-production, which included:

·         An “Apps for Social Care” web page that was developed for service users to promote independence.  A “Moving On” tool was also developed for young people to find disability well-being information more easily;

·         Improved information and signposting on SEND issues, such as post 16 choices, colleges and employment, had been provided as well  details of relevant adult social care websites; and

·         Surveys had been undertaken to improve SEND information and a Transitions Pathway Guide published and widely distributed.

 

Parents and carers had been listened to and gaps in support identified.   In particular, a need to improve housing and employment support had been identified. In respect of autism, the care packages provided for adults were not necessarily the best option for them.  The outcomes that were being aimed for included a reduction in isolation, greater independence, promotion and maintenance of employment and better management of money.  A range of further work was planned for 2019.

 

In answer to a question, Gill Gibson (Assistant Director for Early Help and Prevention) reported that it was known that there was a “cliff edge” for young people when they reached the age of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.