On Tuesday the Health Social Care & Well Being Overview & Scrutiny Board met with the Cabinet Member for Social Services to question him on his report on alternative models of service delivery for adult social care. The Cabinet Member was due to take a report to Cabinet on Thursday which sought approval from Cabinet to proceed with […]
Learning from the Swansea Youth Offender Service
February 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday the Partnership Overview and Scrutiny Committee had a presentation from Eddie Isles, the Youth Offending Team Manager, on how the Youth Offending Service works in Swansea. In case you don’t know, here is the service in a nutshell: Swansea Youth Offending Service is a multi-agency approach to youth offending. The staff group comprises of social workers, […]
What is the Best Way to Support Care Leavers in Swansea?
January 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
According to the National Care Advisory Service ‘young people who have spent time in care tend to have poorer outcomes than their peers. Care leavers are more likely to have poor educational performance, contact with the criminal justice system, poorer health and be vulnerable to homelessness and unemployment. It is therefore very important that they […]
How Can We Get the Most Out of Our Consultation and Engagement?
January 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday the Overview & Scrutiny Business Committee had a presentation from Rhian Foote who is the Consultation Coordinator for the Council. The presentation, which you can see below, had a couple of purposes. First, the Committee had raised a few questions about Swansea Voices, the Council’s Citizen’s Panel and these were answered very ably. Second, it […]