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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.

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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


 

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