Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Following a review of the provision of short
break services at the Council owned Ty-Storrie facility an option
appraisal has been undertaken to consider whether an internal
service provision would deliver better outcomes.
RESOLVED: that
1. The proposed transfer of the provision of the Short Break services to the Council’s in-house team be agreed in principle, as detailed in the body of the report, subject to the outcome of further consultation with relevant stakeholders, including service users; and
2. Authority be delegated to the Corporate Director People and Communities in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Children and Families, the Section 151 Officer and the Director of Law and Governance, to attend to all substantive matters to give effect to the proposal (provided that the Directorate has taken account of the outcome of the further consultation referred under recommendation 1) including (without limitation):-
(i) Liaising with the incumbent provider to agree a mutually agreeable date to terminate the existing contractual arrangements and to transfer the delivery of the Short Break service to the Council’s in-house team;
(ii) Deal with all associated matters, including (without limitation) the registration of the Ty Storrie property and the termination of the existing licence arrangements.
Consultees
Consultations sessions during 2016/17 and 2018
identified the views of some parents about this service. Specific
consultation will be undertaken with parents and children as part
of the process of improving and developing the service. Parents are
being written to informing them that the Council is considering
options for the future of Ty Storrie.
Contact: Sarah McGill, Corporate Director, People & Communities Email: s.mcgill@cardiff.gov.uk Tel: 0292087 2900.
Report author: Sarah McGill
Publication date: 16/07/2018
Date of decision: 12/07/2018
Decided at meeting: 12/07/2018 - Cabinet
Effeithiol O: 26/07/2018
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