Agenda item

To consider the Committee's Forward Plan and the Cabinet's Forward Plan.

The Committee considered its Forward Plan and that of the Cabinet.

The Chairman had asked Portfolio Holders to indicate whether there were any areas they wished to the Committee to address, some had responded to this request, others not. This gave the Committee a chance to look at items they wished to pursue.  He hoped to be able to take this forward via an on-line facility.

A member reminded the Committee that some of the current Executive Advisory Panels (EAP) were due to report to the Committee at some point.  Of particular importance was that focusing on the transition from child to adulthood as this transition needed to be seamless.  It was agreed that an item on Transitions would be added to the Forward Plan for the meeting on 14 December 2020.  It was noted that the EAP on Transitions had not yet met and that the Cabinet had recently taken a decision to wind up the current EAPs now that the new Scrutiny and Overview arrangements were in place.

The Portfolio Holder for Housing and Community Safety had asked the Committee to be involved in the development of the Council's Homelessness Strategy.

The Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care and Health reminded the Committee that she now had two Lead Members, one of who would be contacting chairmen view a view to helping shape overview and scrutiny work so that the best value could be obtained from these Committees.  She agreed with the importance of the transition from child to adulthood and was hoping to develop effective partnership working to address this.

The Portfolio Holder for Corporate Development and Change referred to the EAP on Reset and Recovery which had just produced its final report.  This had been referred to the Chairman of the People and Health and Place and Resources Overview Committees to consider the best way forward. 

The Chairman raised the issue of timing, capacity and resources for any workshops which may need to be held to take matters forward.

The Portfolio Holder for Children, Education, Skills and Early Help thanked the Committee for including assistance for fostercarers within the housing policies previously discussed.  He also suggested that the Committee might like to hold an inquiry day into young people's mental health and wellbeing as this was consistently highlighted by them as an issue   He wanted the Council to have a mechanism by which their concerns could be taken into account so that an crises could be dealt with as speedily as possible.

Decisions

1. That an item on the Transition from Child to Adulthood would be considered at the meeting on 14 December 2020.

2. That an inquiry day to look at young people's mental health and wellbeing be added to the Forward Plan.

3 That the need to take forward work arising from the EAP on Reset and Recovery be noted.

4. The request from the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Community Safety for the Committee to be involved in the development of the Council's Homelessness Strategy be added to the Forward Plan.