Issue - meetings

[To approve funding for the Power2 team]

1.      That the positive evaluation and impact of the Power2 team be endorsed and, based on the positive outcomes achieved to date, the establishment of the team on a permanent basis be approved.

2.      That the use of £300,000 from the Public Health reserve towards the cost of the Power 2 team in 2022-2023 be approved.

3.      That the re-tendering of a three year contract, with an option to extend by 1 year, for the third sector Keyworkers in Power2, at a value of £969,600 be approved.

4.      That the Council work with key partners over the next 12 months to establish a longer term multi-agency funding model for the team, with a view to identifying the ongoing core council budget required to support Power2 longer term.

5.      That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Children and Young People in consultation with the Executive Director of Families to alter the amount in relation to the Council's contribution if appropriate, upon receipt of confirmation of the Clinical Commissioning Group’s increased contribution.

Councillor Stephen Simkins moved the recommendations contained in the report, Future Funding for the Power2 Team.

Councillor Beverley Momenabadi reported that the proposal sought approval to funding for the Power2 Team beyond March 2022.  Power2 was a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency partnership between Children Social Care, Adult Social Care, Wolverhampton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Public Health and the Voluntary Sector. It supported vulnerable young people aged 11 to 25 at risk of exploitation and family breakdown. Councillor Momenabadi also informed Cabinet of an update to the financial implications section of the report.  The CCG had decided on 18 January 2022 to increase their non-recurring contribution towards the team to £100,000.  In the light of this announcement, David Pattison, Chief Operating Officer advised that the recommendations contained in the report be amended to include delegated authority to the Cabinet Member to alter the amount in relation to the Council's contribution if appropriate, upon receipt of confirmation of the CCGs increased contribution.

Resolved:

1.    That the positive evaluation and impact of the Power2 team be endorsed and, based on the positive outcomes achieved to date, the establishment of the team on a permanent basis be approved.

2.    That the use of £300,000 from the Public Health reserve towards the cost of the Power 2 team in 2022-2023 be approved.

3.    That the re-tendering of a three year contract, with an option to extend by 1 year, for the third sector Keyworkers in Power2, at a value of £969,600 be approved.

4.    That the Council work with key partners over the next 12 months to establish a longer term multi-agency funding model for the team, with a view to identifying the ongoing core council budget required to support Power2 longer term.

5.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Children and Young People in consultation with the Executive Director of Families to alter the amount in relation to the Council's contribution if appropriate, upon receipt of confirmation of the Clinical Commissioning Group’s increased contribution.