Please note that there are two Lead
Member portfolios covering Children’s Services each with
their separate responsibilities:
1)
Children and Families;
and
2)
Education and Inclusion,
Special Educational Needs and Disability.
Normally, meetings for both Lead Members are
scheduled well in advance to take place on the same day
successively. However, confusion can arise when one of these
meetings is cancelled (due to lack of business) whilst the other
goes ahead.
Lead cabinet members
are authorised by Cabinet to make certain decisions within their
areas of special responsibility. They make these decisions at
Individual Decision Making meetings attended by council officers.
Other councillors may also attend.
The
terms of reference for this meeting can be found in the
Council’s Constitution.
The Lead Member for Children and Families has
responsibility for:
Strategy and Policy for all Children’s
Services (social care) matters, and principal service area
responsibilities are:
·
Child protection and family support
·
Fostering and adoption for children
·
Residential care for children
·
Other aspects of social care for children
·
Youth justice
·
Youth service
·
And all ancillary activities