Issue - meetings

Councillor Alex Sanderson introduced the report seeking approval to establish an additional team in Contact and Assessment Service (CAS)  for a fixed period of two-years. She stated that CAS was integral to the safeguarding of children and support of vulnerable families. The increased staff capacity would enable CAS to meet the increased need and latent level of demand following the pandemic. It was imperative that additional resource was in place by the start of July, and recruitment commenced as soon as possible.

AGREED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE CABINET MEMBERS:

To approve an additional investment of £551,266 per year to fund an additional team in CAS and two additional workers in Early Help (FS) specialising in attendance support to schools for a time limited two-year period (total funding of £1,147,500), funded from Covid reserves.