Decision details

(a)       That the Social Services Portfolio Recovery Business Plan content be noted;

(b)       That the Committee is assured by the Social Services Portfolio Recovery Business Plan;

(c)        That the following risk areas highlighted by the Senior Manager - Integrated Services and Lead Adultsbe referred to the Social & Health Care Overview & Scrutiny Committee:-

• Recruitment of staff to work in the sector, encompassing social work, occupational therapy and direct social work;
• The fragility of the market around Elderly Mentally Infirm (EMI) nursing and the recruitment of staff; and
• Funding and fees linked to market stability

(d)       That the Social & Health Care Overview & Scrutiny Committee be asked to consider a report on the work of the Early Years and Flying Start programmes to address the impact the pandemic has had on babies and young children and what support was being provided to parents.