Issue details

Personal Budgets Policy

 

 

The purpose of this report is to seek approval for the revised Personal Budgets Policy. Providing a Personal Budget where requested is a duty the council must meet as set out in the SEND Code of Practice 2015.

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Expenditure >£400,000 & Affects more than 1 ward.;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Notice of proposed decision first published: 25/10/2023

Decision due: 12 Dec 2023 by Executive

Lead member: Executive Member for Children, Young People and Learning, Councillor Roy Bailey, Executive Member for Children, Young People and Learning roy.bailey@bracknell-forest.gov.uk

Lead director: Executive Director: People

Department: People

Contact: Grainne Siggins, Executive Director People Email: grainne.siggins@bracknell-forest.gov.uk.

Consultation process

Consultation with relevant stakeholders has already taken place and the Personal Budgets Policy has been revised in accordance with feedback received.


Consultees

• Bracknell Parent Carer Forum
• Assistant Borough Solicitor
• Head Of Learning Disabilities and Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Adult Social Care
• Head of SEND and Specialist Support Services, Education & Learning
• Operational Service Hub Manager
• Finance Hub Manager
• Head of Transformation, Children & Young People, Frimley Integrated Care Board

Making Representations: In writing to the Executive Director: People

Financial Impact: Providing a Personal Budget where requested is a duty the council must meet as set out in the SEND Code of Practice 2015 and there are existing provisions for this within Children’s Social Care and Education budgets.

Decisions

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