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55.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations of personal and prejudicial interest (if any) from Members/Officers in accordance with the provisions of the Members Code of Conduct adopted by Council from 1 September 2008 (including whipping declarations)

Minutes:

Councillor C Webster declared a personal interest in Agenda item 5. as her son  has a Statement of SEN. She was also Treasurer of the National Autistic Society in Bridgend. 

56.

Approval of Minutes pdf icon PDF 68 KB

To receive for approval the minutes of a meeting of the Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2 of the 05/09/2018

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:                  That the Minutes of a meeting of Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2 dated 5 September 2018, be approved as a true and accurate record.

57.

Forward Work Programme Update (FWP) pdf icon PDF 71 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Scrutiny Officer presented a report on behalf of the Head of Legal and Regulatory Services that gave an update with regard to the relevant Overview and Scrutiny Committee FWP’s.

 

Appendix A to the report contained feedback from the previous meetings of Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2 together with responses to these where appropriate, including any that were outstanding.

 

Attached at Appendix B to the report, was the overall FWP for the Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committees, that included the topics prioritised by the Corporate Overview and Scrutiny Committee for the next round of Committees (in Table A), as well as topics that were deemed important for future prioritisation at Table B.

 

The Scrutiny Officer reminded Members of the Criteria Form which they could use to propose further items for the FWP which the Committee could then consider for prioritisation at a future meeting.

 

RESOLVED:                  That the report and supporting information as outlined in the attached Appendices, be noted.

58.

Additional Learning Needs and Educational Tribunal (ALNET) Act 2018 pdf icon PDF 333 KB

Invitees:

 

Cllr Charles Smith, Cabinet Member for Education and Regeneration

All Members of Subject Overview and Scrutiny Committee 1

Lindsay Harvey, Corporate Director - Education and Family Support
Nicola Echanis, Head of Education and Early Help
Michelle Hatcher, Group Manager Inclusion and School Improvement
John Fabes, Specialist Officer Post 16 Education & Training

Elizabeth Jones, Additional Learning Needs Transformation, Central South Consortium
Denise Inger, Chief Executive Director SNAP Cymru

 

 

Minutes:

The Corporate Director – Education and Family Support submitted a report to inform the Committee of the developments of the ALNET Act (2018) in Wales and the work undertaken across the region to prepare for the introduction of the Act and how as a local authority we were preparing for it.

 

The Group Manager Inclusion and School Improvement outlined the main areas of the report, following which the Chairperson invited questions from Members to the Invitees.

 

A Member felt that more clarity needed to be given in relation to the responsibilities of the Act, such as who was responsible for completing Assessments and how partners would be challenged in the assessment of their work. She further noted that there was an intention to recruit one member of staff to support the work the Act would generate. The Members asked how long an Assessment would take to complete and if the local authority had the capacity to deliver the extra work that would be created under the Act.

 

The  ALN Transformation Lead from the Central South Consortium (CSC) advised that there would be no further children to support under the Act, as they were all identified within the current system being employed. She added that there would be extra expectation put upon local authorities and partners to deliver work required under the Act, however, young people with Special Educational Needs are currently being identified with their differing individual needs being met, and this trend would continue under ALNET. She further added that there were mechanisms in schools to identify children with Additional learning Needs (ALN). She explained  that work under the new Act would be more mandatory in some areas than is the case now.

 

The ALN Transformation Lead from the CSC explained, that new systems proposed to be put in place would allow for improved collaborative working between the Authority with partners and its key agencies/stakeholders. One of the key components of the Act was to address any breakdown between such partners. She noted what one of the Members had said earlier, that there is one lead officer that has been recruited to support extra ALNET work. However, she added there would be a new lead officer recruited in each and every Health Board that supports the local authorities who form part of the Central South Consortia. New policies and procedures to be introduced under the Act, would also allow for improved ownership of the different areas of work that need to be processed in a timely manner.

 

A Member sought clarification that the Act would continue to support young people with ALN up to the age of 25.

 

The CSC representative advised that this would be the case. She added that BCBC have also created a transitional programme for individual’s post 16 with a view to shadowing children with ALN as they become older and proceed into higher education.

 

The Cabinet Member Education and Regeneration referred Members to the report’s financial implications, and the considerable amount of funding that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 58.

59.

Urgent Items

To consider any item(s) of business in respect of which notice has been given in

accordance with Part 4 (paragraph 4) of the Council Procedure Rules and which the person presiding at the meeting is of the opinion should by reason of special circumstances be transacted at the meeting as a matter of urgency.

 

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