Minutes for Cabinet Member - Health and Social Care meeting, Jan 21 2009, 4.00PM official page

No apologies for absence were received.

Members and Officers are requested to give notice of any personal or prejudicial interest and the nature of that interest, relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the relevant Code of Conduct.

No declarations of interest were received.

RESOLVED:

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 10 December 2008 be confirmed as a correct record.

Report of the Strategic Director of Adult Social services (Health and Social Care)

The Cabinet Member considered the report of the Strategic Director Adult Social Services (Health and Social Care) updating on the progress made in relation to performance targets for the Transforming Social Care Agenda.

A list of the targets and an interim view as to progress made against the targets were detailed within the report.

RESOLVED:

That the progress made in relation to performance targets for the Transforming Social Care Agenda be noted.

Report of the Strategic Director of Adult Social services (Health and Social Care)

The Cabinet Member considered the report of the Strategic Director of Adult Social Services (Health and Social Care) which sought approval to the inclusion in the Council’s Capital Programme of the Capital Grant Allocation for 2008/09 to 2010/11 for developing adult social care IT infrastructure in Sefton.

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet be requested to approve the inclusion of the Capital Grant Allocation 2008/09 to 2010/11 for developing adult social care IT infrastructure in the Capital Programme.

Joint report of the Personnel Director and the Strategic Director of Adult Social services (Health and Social Care)

Further to Minute No. 74 of the Cabinet Member – Corporate Services meeting held on 7 January 2009, the Cabinet Member considered the joint report of the Personnel Director and Strategic Director of Adult Social Services (Health and Social Care) seeking approval for the adoption of the revised Health, Safety and Well-being Policy. 

A copy of the Health, Safety and Well-being policy was attached as an annexe to the report.

RESOLVED:

That the Policy Statement and the Arrangements for implementing the Health, Safety and Well-being policy be approved.

Report of the Sefton Equalities Partnership Director

Further to Minute No. 68 of the Cabinet Member – Communities meeting held on 7 January 2009, the Cabinet Member considered the report of the Sefton Equalities Partnership Director that explained that as part of the programme to mainstream equality and diversity within the Council, Sefton Equalities Partnership would support and lead on the development of a Mystery Shopping Group. The Group would be made of up of disabled people and people with limiting long term illnesses from the ABILITY Network. The Group would test and report back on agreed services, which would enable services to improve and meet the needs of this under-represented group.

RESOLVED: That

(1)    the Mystery Shopper Development report be noted;

(2)    the mystery shopping capacity building programme and pilot be approved in principle;

(3)    the Corporate Equalities Group be requested to explore the potential of using the Mystery Shopping process, outlined within report, as part of the Council’s quality assurance and user feedback processes; and

(4)    the Sefton Equalities Partnership Director be requested to draft a further report, prior to the commencement of the mystery shopping pilot.

Report of the Sefton Equalities Partnership Director

Further to Minute No. 69 of the Cabinet Member – Communities meeting held on 7 January 2009, the Cabinet Member considered the report of the Sefton Equalities Partnership Director that provided an update on access to Sefton Council’s website by disabled people. The report went on inform that the Council had arranged for a demonstration by Browsealoud, a computer program that could read out all website content.

RESOLVED: That

(1)     the Sefton Council Website report be noted; and

(2)     the Sefton Equalities Partnership Director be requested to draft a further  report containing the feedback from the Disability Networks and proposed costings for Browsealoud.

To consider passing the following resolution:

That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph …. of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.  The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the Press and Public.

RESOLVED:  

That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it may involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.  The Public Interest Test had been applied and favoured exclusion of the information from the press and public.

Joint report of the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environmental Services and Strategic Director of Adult Social Services (Health and Social Care).

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Further to Minute No. 97 of the Cabinet Member – Regeneration meeting held on 21 January 2009, the Cabinet Member considered the joint report of the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environmental Services and the Strategic Director of Adult Social Services (Health and Social Care) seeking approval to contribute up to £200,000 towards an Extra Care Sheltered Housing scheme to be built in Parkhaven, Maghull.

RESOLVED:

That the contribution of up to £200,000 towards the cost of the development of an Extra Care Sheltered Housing scheme at Parkhaven, Maghull be approved.