Issue - meetings

[To approve funding to provide two residential homes to support up to two children in each home with complex needs]

1.      That the Council develops two Children’s Homes, the first at a corporate asset site still to be confirmed and purchases a private property for the second home.

2.      That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Children and Young People and the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing, in consultation with the Executive Director of Families and the Deputy Chief Executive to approve the location and site of the two homes following consultation with key stakeholders and approve the allocation of the capital provision to the individual capital projects in order that they may be progressed in a timely manner.

3.      That it be noted that the capital costs included in this report have been incorporated into the ‘Capital Budget Outturn 2021-2022 including Quarter One Capital Budget Monitoring 2022-2023’ report which is on the Cabinet agenda for today and would subsequently be reported to Full Council for approval on the 20 July 2022, assuming that Cabinet (Resources) Panel approval to progress with the project is given. As the progression is dependent on that decision, if the project is not approved, the capital programme would be reduced accordingly.

Councillor Beverley Momenabadi presented the report seeking approval for funding to secure two properties to develop two local authority children's homes for children with complex needs.  Each home would cater for up to two young people with the aim of creating high quality, specialist provision that would provide young people with a homely environment. She reported that the proposal was about firming up the Council’s corporate parenting position in the city and making sure that children and young people in care have somewhere safe, suitable and that provides high quality support for them to live. 

Resolved:

1.    That the Council develops two Children’s Homes, the first at a corporate asset site still to be confirmed and purchases a private property for the second home.

2.    That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for Children and Young People and the Cabinet Member for City Assets and Housing, in consultation with the Executive Director of Families and the Deputy Chief Executive to approve the location and site of the two homes following consultation with key stakeholders and approve the allocation of the capital provision to the individual capital projects in order that they may be progressed in a timely manner.

3.    That it be noted that the capital costs included in this report have been incorporated into the ‘Capital Budget Outturn 2021-2022 including Quarter One Capital Budget Monitoring 2022-2023’ report which is on the Cabinet agenda for today and would subsequently be reported to Full Council for approval on the 20 July 2022, assuming that Cabinet (Resources) Panel approval to progress with the project is given. As the progression is dependent on that decision, if the project is not approved, the capital programme would be reduced accordingly.