Decision Maker: Corporate Director Children and Young People's Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
That proposals for a new structure for the
Children and Families Service be implemented following consultation
with staff and trade unions.
PLEASE NOTE This decision was originally
published on or near the date of the decision and so call in no
longer applies. It has been re-published as part of the change in
committee management system that we use.
There was a need to review and restructure the Children &
Families Service to enable the further alignment of
children’s social care and prevention teams, moving to a
locality model, whilst addressing budget reductions due to a number
of non-recurring funding streams (totalling £1.2M) ceasing or
likely to cease in the near future. The new structure will also
ensure the delivery of further budget savings of £650K
required to mainstream the No Wrong Door initiative, the
de-delegation of Minority Ethnic Achievement funding and
£100K remaining savings associated with Early Years. The new
service model also increases capacity within safeguarding teams to
address increased demand and/or changes in demand in relation to
prevention cases.
Other options were considered as part of the
review as follows:
1 – do nothing
2 – reducing staffing through reduction of posts, vacancy
management and removal of temporary posts.
Publication date: 30/04/2021