Agenda and minutes

6.1       The Lead Member approved as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 23 May 2024.

Disclosure by all Members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

7.1       There were none.

Notification of any items which the Lead Member considers urgent and proposes to take at the appropriate part of the agenda.

8.1       There were none.

9.1       A copy of the report referred to below is included in the minute book.

Report by the Director of Adult Social Care and Health.

10.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Adult Social Care and Health regarding the Extension of Support into Work programme under the Homes for Ukraine programme.

DECISIONS

10.2     The Lead Member RESOLVED to approve the proposal to extend the Support into Work programme for 12 months from October 2024 to October 2025 funded from the Homes for Ukraine grant.

REASONS

10.3     The Support into Work programme has already delivered significant benefits to the Ukrainian cohort within East Sussex and is meeting a need not met in another way. It is part of a comprehensive programme of wraparound support which achieves good outcomes for Ukrainians and ensures they are supported towards independence and wellbeing and not dependent on other stretched local services.

10.4     The extension of the programme will enable more Ukrainian residents to access employment and associated income which, in turn increases, their ability to live independently including funding their own accommodation and reduce the likelihood of needs and costs presenting elsewhere in the system, which to date the local authority has been able to minimise.