Social Work And Health Committee - 20/01/2003

At a MEETING of the SOCIAL WORK COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 20th January, 2003.

Present:-

COUNCILLORS

Councillor WARD, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 16th December, 2002 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I NIGHT CARE SERVICE - COMMUNITY CARE

Councillor Borthwick declared an interest in the undernoted item and took no part in the discussion thereafter.

There was submitted Joint Report No 869-2002 by the Director of Social Work and the Director of Personnel and Management Services proposing the establishment of night care provision to meet the overnight and interval care needs of vulnerable people.

The Committee agreed:-

(1) that the provision of social care responses to overnight care needs for vulnerable individuals, identified through direct assessment be approved; and

(2) that regular and interval demand for social and personal care in the late evening and overnight be met.

II SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT - THROUGHCARE AND AFTERCARE STRATEGY

There was submitted Joint Report No 788-2002 by the Director of Social Work and the Director of Personnel and Management Services seeking approval of the Council's Throughcare and Aftercare Strategy and the steps that would be taken to implement the Strategy.

The Committee agreed:-

(1) that the Throughcare and Aftercare Strategy be approved; and

(2) that the Director of Social Work be instructed to implement the Strategy and form a specialist throughcare and aftercare service to young people who have left or who would be leaving the City Council's care.

III TAY PROJECT - ADOPTION OF ASSESSMENT MODEL BY SCOTTISH POLICE FORCES

There was submitted Agenda Note AN42-2003 on the progress of the Tay Project delivered by Dundee City Council on behalf of the Tayside Criminal Justice Partnership. It was reported that project staff had been invited to give a presentation to a national conference in Tulliallan Police Training College, involving all Scottish Police Forces. The subject of the presentation was the work the Project had undertaken in developing a risk assessment model for sex offenders, known as Tayprep30. The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland had subsequently recommended that the model be adopted by Police Forces across Scotland.

The Committee noted the recognition which the Tay Project had gained from Police Forces within Scotland and that an independent academic evaluation of assessment model Tayprep30 would be undertaken.

IV EAST PORT HOUSE - CONVERSION OF GROUND FLOOR FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES

On a reference to Article V of the minute of meeting of this Committee of 18th November, 2002, there was submitted Report No 83-2003 by the City Architectural Services Officer seeking approval to extend the scope of the works involved in the conversion of the ground floor at East Port House for Criminal Justice Services.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) that the scope of the works be extended; and

(ii) that additional expenditure of approximately 156,000 be incurred to allow the works to be carried out.

BETTY WARD, Convener.