Location: Council Chamber, Civic Offces, Reading.
Administrator(s)
| Committee Administrator | Richard Woodford - Committee Administrator | Contact Form |
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Details
A meeting of the Adult Social Care, Children’s Services and Education Committee will be held on Monday 1 July 2013 at 6.30pm in the Council Chamber, Civic Offices, Reading.
Access Arrangements
• Most of the meeting rooms in the Civic Offices are accessible to wheelchair users and an audio loop induction system is available in the Council Chamber and Kennet Room for those with hearing difficulties (a portable induction loop is available for other rooms on request - please contact the Committee Officer above if you need this service or any further information).
• If you wish to attend the meeting but have any individual requirements to enable you to do so please contact the Committee Officer above, as soon as possible before the date of the meeting.
• We can provide information in other formats (e.g. larger print, audio tape, Braille etc) or in other languages, upon request. Please contact the Committee Officer above if you need this service, giving as much notice as possible.
Attachments
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| Adobe Acrobat Reader is available FREE of charge as a download from Adobe's website | |||
| Agenda | 46KB | 56Kbps Modem: Less than 1 Minute Broadband: Less than 1 Minute |
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Items for consideration in public session
| Item | Description | Ward Affected | Report PDF link |
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| 1 | DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Councillors to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests they may have in relation to the items for consideration. | NA | |
| 2 | MINUTES OF OTHER BODIES Children’s Safeguarding Panel – 5 June 2013 | NA | Item 2a (35KB) Item 2b (50KB) |
| 3 | PETITIONS Petitions submitted pursuant to Standing Order 36 in relation to matters falling within the Committee’s Powers & Duties which have been received by Head of Legal & Democratic Services no later than four clear working days before the meeting. | NA | |
| 4 | QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND COUNCILLORS Questions submitted pursuant to Standing Order 36 in relation to matters falling within the Committee’s Powers & Duties which have been submitted in writing and received by the Head of Legal & Democratic Services no later than four clear working days before the meeting. | NA | |
| 5 | DECISION BOOK REFERENCES To consider any requests received by the Monitoring Officer pursuant to Standing Order 42, for consideration of matters falling within the Committee’s Powers & Duties which have been the subject of Decision Book reports. | NA | |
| 6 | IMPROVING RESIDENTIAL SERVICES: FUTURE OF THE ARTHUR CLARK CARE HOME A report on the Arthur Clark Care Home. | Boroughwide
| Item 6 (184KB) Item 6 Appendix 1 (4MB) Item 6 Appendix 2 (7.4MB) |
| 7 | IMPROVING DAY CARE SERVICES: PROPOSAL TO MERGE THE ALBERT ROAD AND PHOENIX DAY CENTRES A report on the proposal to merge the Albert Road and Phoenix Day Centres. | Boroughwide
| Item 7 (134KB) |
| 8 | MODERNISING DAY CARE SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE: UPDATE ON THE LET'S TALK CARE PROGRAMME A report on modernising Day Care Services for older people. | Boroughwide
| Item 8 (97KB) Item 8 Appendix 1 (34KB) Item 8 Appendix 2 (28KB) |
| 9 | PROTECTION OF CHILDREN INSPECTION & ACTION PLAN A report on the unannounced Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) inspection on the arrangements for the protection of children that took place in March 2013 and the associated Action Plan. | Boroughwide
| Item 9 (35KB) Item 9 Appendix 1 (37KB) Item 9 Appendix 2 (156KB) Item 9 Appendix 3 (360KB) |
| 10 | ADOPTION - PAN BERKSHIRE PROPOSAL A report noting the work underway to establish a shared pan Berkshire adoption service under a joint arrangement for agencies to work together in providing recruitment, preparation, training, assessment and supervision of adopters, including a team of family finders and a team of assessing social workers who will recruit, prepare, train and assess prospective adopters. | Boroughwide
| Item 10 (51KB) |
| 11 | EARLY HELP STRATEGY A report introducing Reading’s first Early Help Strategy and seeking endorsement of the draft strategy to go out to consultation more widely to inform the final version of the document. | Boroughwide
| Item 11 (46KB) Item 11 Appendix 1 (273KB) |
| 12 | TURNAROUND FAMILIES PROGRAMME A report providing an up-date on the Turnaround Families Programme, Reading’s title for the Government’s national Troubled Families Programme which aims to turnaround the lives of 120,000 ‘troubled families’, and a summary of the national context and Reading’s ambition for the Turnaround Families Programme and services working with families with multiple needs. | Boroughwide
| Item 12 (58KB) |
| 13 | SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS STRATEGY 2013-16 A report setting out the national changes, a forecast of future demand and an analysis of current resources in respect of the systems and processes to support children with Special Educational Needs and seeking support to undertake a wide-ranging consultation and communication exercise with young people, their families & carers, schools, service providers and neighbouring local authorities to refine the strategy and action plan for future approval. | Boroughwide
| Item 13 (365KB) |
That pursuant to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) members of the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following Item(s) on the agenda, as it is likely that there will be disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to that Act.
Committee Items
| Item | Description | Ward Affected | Report PDF link |
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| ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION IN CLOSED SESSION | |||
| 14 | RE-COMMISSIONING OF A COMPREHENSIVE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR READING | Boroughwide
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