The Adult Social Care, Children's Services and Education Committee is responsible for or overseeing functions including:

·                Personal services of the authority – Adult Care, Children’s Social Care, Education & Commissioning, School Improvement

·                Oversight of the RBC Client function for Brighter Futures for Children

·                Schools – involvement of Church and School Governor representatives

·                Adult Education – New Directions

·                Health scrutiny

·                Safeguarding responsibilities for children and adults

·                Partnerships: Children’s Trust, Post-16 joint arrangement

·                Corporate Parent

The full terms of reference can be found in Article 7 of the Council’s Constitution:

http://www.reading.gov.uk/media/1338/Constitution-of-The-Council/pdf/Constitution_of_the_Council.pdf