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Contact: Stacey Gilmour
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WELCOME AND APOLOGIES Minutes: Councillor Levy welcomed all attendees to the meeting. Apologies for absence had been received from Councillors Tolga Aramaz and Susan Erbil and from independent Co-optee Simon Goulden. Councillor Pite was substituting for Councillor Erbil and Councillor Hamilton was substituting for Councillor Aramaz.
Discussion regarding item 3 – ‘Cabinet Member for Environment, Councillor Guney Dogan’ took place at the end of the meeting, but for the interests of clarity the minutes are shown in the agenda order. |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Members of the Council are invited to identify any disclosable pecuniary, other pecuniary or non-pecuniary interests relevant to items on the agenda.
Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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CABINET MEMBER FOR ENVIRONMENT, COUNCILLOR GUNEY DOGAN This is a discussion item. Minutes: The Chair introduced this item and welcomed Councillor Dogan as Cabinet member for Environment. He asked Councillor Dogan to give a brief overview of what he considers to be the key objectives and priorities in respect of the Environment portfolio. Councillor Levy said this could be seen to be the most ‘public facing’ of all council departments as it includes – Parks, Streets, Waste, Planning, Enforcement, and Street Lighting.
Councillor Dogan said he had been in his position for four months and during this time he had been getting to know how the service operates and meeting officers. He spoke of the difficult political decisions that would have to be made over the forthcoming four years because of government financial savings. (£18m savings for LB Enfield by 2019/20).
He highlighted the following:
The following issues/ questions were raised:
Councillor Levy thanked Councillor Dogan for attending the meeting and for giving an overview of his vision for the Environment portfolio area.
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FOSTERING & ADOPTION SERVICES IN ENFIELD PDF 152 KB To receive a report from Debbie Michael, Adoption Manager. Additional documents:
Minutes: Linda Hughes (Head of Service for Looked after Children) presented a report which updated OSC on the work of the Fostering and Adoption Services since August 2017. It provided information relating to the work undertaken by the Fostering and Adoption Services and statistics relating to the recruitment of foster carers and adopters, as well as Orders relating to children placed with adopters and special guardians.
The following was highlighted:
The following issues/ questions were raised:
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ENFIELD SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN'S BOARD (ESCB) ANNUAL REPORT PDF 96 KB To receive a report from Geraldine Gavin, Independent Chair Safeguarding Children’s Board. Additional documents:
Minutes: Geraldine Gavin (Chair, Enfield Safeguarding Children’s Board), presented this report which updated the committee on the Draft Enfield Safeguarding Children Board annual report for 2017 -18. It included an overview of the progress being made to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people across Enfield during the past year and set out information on the new safeguarding arrangements that will be introduced in 2018/19. It also sets out the priorities ESCB will take forward into 2018/19.
The following was highlighted: · Children’s safeguarding now involves more complex areas than before, such as trafficking, ‘County Lines’ issues. · Whereas work previously centred on 0 to 10year olds, we are now looking at young people up to 25 years of age and are focused around their ‘vulnerabilities’ · Statutory changes from the Children and Social Work Act 2017 resulting in the abolishing of the LSCBs and introduction of new safeguarding arrangements. An aim of this is to make sure partners are working together and ensure there is no duplication.
The following issues were raised: · Geraldine was thanked for this clearly set out report. · Councillor Smith referred to the information provided on young people at risk however he thought there was a lack of data on ‘consequences’ for example on the number of prosecutions/ cases dealt with. It was stated that the Ofsted report for Enfield in 2015 and for April 2017 - gave an overall good conclusion. Although successful prosecutions can be shown, preventative work is harder to measure. It was asked that consideration be given to include this information in future reports. · The Chair spoke of the importance of safeguarding training for Councillors and Councillor Pite praised the ‘on line’ training which had been provided for councillors which she had completed. Councillor Needs referred to her disappointment in respect of a safeguarding ‘check box’ for Councillors, details of which she would email to Geraldine Gavin for information.
Geraldine Gavin was thanked for her report. |
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ENFIELD ANNUAL INDEPENDENT REVIEWING OFFICERS (IRO'S) REPORT 17/18 PDF 247 KB To receive a report from Maria Anastasi, Service Manager for Safeguarding & Quality Service. Additional documents: Minutes: Maria Anastasi, Service Manager for the Safeguarding & Quality Service presented the report on the Annual Independent Reviewing Officers (IRO’s) report for 2017/18.
The following points were highlighted: · The report updates OSC on the IROs during the 2017-18 period · The number of Looked after Children (LAC) have remained consistent during the last few years. · IRO’s represent the interests of looked after children. From 1 October 2018 debriefing interviews for looked after children that run away will be carried out by IRO’s. · At end of March 2018, 63 of the LAC were unaccompanied minors. Since April 2018, the benchmark has changed to 59.
The following issues were raised:
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ENFIELD ANNUAL LOCAL AUTHORITY DESIGNATED OFFICER (LADO) REPORT 17/18 PDF 247 KB To receive a report from Maria Anastasi, Service Manager for Safeguarding and Quality Service. Additional documents: Minutes: Maria Anastasi, Service Manager for the Safeguarding & Quality Service presented the report on the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) report for 2017/18.
The following was highlighted:
The following was raised:
Maria Anastasi was thanked for both reports. |
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CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE STRATEGY PDF 334 KB To receive a presentation from Sally McTernan, AD Special Projects. Additional documents: Minutes: Kari Manovitch (Acting Director, Customer Experience and Change) introduced the Customer Experience Strategy – 2018-2022. She explained that the Strategy aims to deliver a positive customer experience ‘Enfield is committed to putting customers at the heart of all Council business’ and it is aligned with the new corporate vision of ‘creating a lifetime of opportunities in Enfield’.
The Strategy will be presented to Cabinet on Wednesday 12 September 2018. As a subject of pre-decision scrutiny, the views of Overview and Scrutiny Committee were requested.
The following was highlighted:
The following issues were raised
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WORK PROGRAMME 2018/19 PDF 273 KB To review and agree the Overview and Scrutiny Work Programme for 2018/19. Minutes: The OSC work Programme would be submitted to the next meetings of Cabinet and Council.
The Chair reiterated that of the three workstream topics previously agreed by OSC, those two already under development would be completed within the municipal year. The third would soon be scoped out in readiness to commence a little later in the year, and would complete as soon as practicable applying the guiding principle of ‘task and finish’.
Future OSC meetings including provisional call-in meetings may be used as an opportunity for Cabinet members to attend to give their vision on their portfolio area.
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DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS To note the dates of future meetings as follows:
Provisional Call-Ins
Thursday 13 September, 2018 Thursday 11 October, 2018 Thursday 8 November, 2018 Thursday 6 December, 2018 Thursday 20 December, 2018 Thursday 7 February 2019 Tuesday 12 March 2019 Tuesday 26 March, 2019 Thursday 11 April, 2019
Please note, the business meetings of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee will be held on:
Wednesday 7 November, 2018 Tuesday 12 February, 2019 Wednesday 3 April, 2019
The Overview & Scrutiny Budget Meeting will be held on: Tuesday 15 January, 2019
Minutes: It was noted that an OSC meeting for Thursday 11 October 2018 would now be held as a Business Meeting. Future meetings are shown as follows:
Provisional Call-Ins Thursday 8 November, 2018 Thursday 6 December, 2018 Thursday 20 December, 2018 Thursday 7 February 2019 Tuesday 12 March 2019 Tuesday 26 March, 2019 Thursday 11 April, 2019
Please note, the business meetings of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee will be held on: Thursday 11 October, 2018 Wednesday 7 November, 2018 Tuesday 12 February, 2019 Wednesday 3 April, 2019
The Overview & Scrutiny Budget Meeting will be held on: Tuesday 15 January 2019.
Councillor Levy thanked everyone for attending the meeting. |