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Councillor Training
Meeting: 04/06/2019 - Adult Social Care, Health and Housing Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Item 9)
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Nikki Edwards Executive Director: People and her team to provide the Panel with an overview of the event horizon for Adult Social Care Health and Housing (ASCH&H) and provide guidance how Overview and Scrutiny can help.
Minutes:
Nikki Edwards Executive Director: People and her team provided the Panel with an overview of the event horizon for Adult Social Care Health and Housing (ASCH&H) and provided guidance how Overview and Scrutiny could help.
Nikki Edwards, Executive Director: People introduced herself to the Panel and outlined that this was an opportunity for her and her team to share their vision for their respective service areas. She explained that:
· Only part of her team were at the Panel, the Children’s team were not in attendance.
· The People Directorate held two thirds of the council spend and two thirds of the workforce and so formed the bulk of service delivery and also a lot of the risk.
In addition to the presentation that had been supplied to Members of the Panel with the agenda, Nikki Edwards, Executive Director; People advised that:
·
When service users fed back, signposting was really important to
them. Her team was trying to be that
voice.
The People Directorate Structure Chart had been updated to
include:
o Tessa Lindfield, Director of Public Health
o Cynthia Folarin, Public Health Consultant, Bracknell
Melanie O’Rourke, Assistant Director: Adult Social Care Operations introduced herself. In addition to the presentation that had been supplied to Members of the Panel with the agenda she explained that:
· Challenges were around recruitment for Occupational Therapists (OTs) and Physiotherapists and Mental health practitioners.
Tony Dwyer, Assistant Director: Mental Health and Out of Hours introduced himself. In addition to the presentation that had been supplied to Members of the Panel with the agenda he explained that:
· The Emergency Duty Service (EDS) was 128 hours per week
· Forestcare was a 365 days a year service
· Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) covered children
Councillor Dale Birch, Executive Member for Adult Services, Health and Housing suggested to Members that a visit to the EDS would be a good idea to see the front line reality of the service.
Sarah Gee, Assistant Director: Early Help & Communities introduced herself. In addition to the presentation that had been supplied to Members of the Panel with the agenda she explained that:
· The early help element of her responsibility was not covered by the slides as this largely was relevant to the Children, Young People and Learning Panel but she does have a remit to support integration and early intervention across all age groups.
· She was responsible for welfare and housing.
· Housing was about providing housing advice, to prevent homelessness and intervening as early as possible to alleviate it and to develop housing options when residents were in need.
· Bracknell Forest Council owned and managed some temporary accommodation.
· Downshire Homes had some accommodation they used for homeless households whilst they were being assessed to fulfil the Council’s duty.
· Her team managed the MyChoice register.
· Bracknell Forest had no permanent housing stock and social and affordable housing was provided by housing associations.
In response to questions from Members, Sarah Gee, Assistant Director: Early Help & Communities advised that:
· She was working with Melanie O’Rourke, ... view the full minutes text for item 9