Social Work And Health Committee - 16/01/2006

At a MEETING of the SOCIAL WORK COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 16th January, 2006.

 

Present:-

 

Lord Provost John R LETFORD

 

 

 

BAILIES

 

C D P FARQUHAR

Helen WRIGHT

 

 

Neil I C POWRIE

Ian BORTHWICK

 

COUNCILLORS

 

Jill SHIMI

Helen DICK

Christina ROBERTS

Kevin KEENAN

Nigel DON

Jim BARRIE

George REGAN

Bob DUNCAN

Will DAWSON

Julia M STURROCK

Richard BEATTIE

Elizabeth F FORDYCE

Fiona M GRANT

Andrew DAWSON

Roderick A J WALLACE

Christopher HIND

Willie W SAWERS

Charles A WEBSTER

Fraser MACPHERSON

Joe FITZPATRICK

Derek J SCOTT

 

 

Bailie WRIGHT, Convener, in the Chair.

 

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 19th December, 2005 was held as read.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

I JOINT COMMUNITY CARE PLAN 2005-2008

 

There was submitted Report No 24-2006 by the Director of Social Work seeking approval of the Joint Community Care Plan 2005-2008.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to approve the content of the Joint Community Care Plan 2005-2008; and

 

(ii) to approve the publication of the plan.

 

II MANAGEMENT OF OFFENDERS ETC (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005

 

Reference was made to Article V of the minute of meeting of 20th June, 2005 in relation to consultation on proposals for the establishment of Community Justice Authorities.

 

There was submitted Report No 21-2006 by the Director of Social Work summarising key issues arising from the Management of Offenders etc (Scotland) Act 2005. The Act would impact significantly on Social Work Services in the Criminal Justice system and provided for the creation of Community Justice Authorities.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to note the proposals and their significance in relation to the delivery of Social Work Services in the Criminal Justice system; and

 

(ii) to require that the Director of Social Work provides a further report to the Social Work Committee in March 2006, detailing progress in relation to Community Justice Authorities.

 

III CHOOSE LIFE

 

On a reference to Article II of the minute of meeting of 16th February, 2004 wherein proposals for the implementation of the Choose Life Strategy were approved. There was submitted agenda note AN23-2006 reporting that Dundee had been allocated 273,300 over 2003-2006 to support national and local suicide prevention and local suicide prevention action and that, to date, 182,000 had been committed to fund local initiatives which supported the aims of Choose Life.

 

It was also reported that funding for Choose Life had now been extended to 2008 and that Dundee had been allocated 97,000 for each of the next two financial years to support initiatives aimed at reducing the incidence of suicide.

 

In this respect the Choose Life Steering Group had recommended that payments be made to the following organisations as indicated:-

 

No

Organisation

Purpose

Payment

 

 

 

 

1

Barnardos

to provide services to children and young people within Dundee who require additional support as a result of grief, loss and trauma.

29,000 per annum

2006/2007 and

2007/2008)

 

 

 

 

2

WRASAC

(Womens Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre) to provide services to women who self harm and may be at risk of suicide.

30,000 per annum

2006/2007 and

2007/2008

 

 

 

 

3

Littlewing

to help finance their newsletter which was aimed at raising awareness of the service and the community based options for support available to help people cope with, and recover from, mental ill health.

7,800 for one year

2005/2006

 

The Committee agreed to the release of funding for the purposes outlined above.

 

IV PAYMENT TO VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION - PAMIS

 

There was submitted agenda note AN24-2006 on PAMIS (Partnership with People with Profound Learning Disabilities and their Carers) which provided advice, information, training and support service to families caring for individuals with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).

 

It was reported that PAMIS had applied to the three Tayside local authorities including Dundee City Council for funding of 15,000 per local authority per year. This had been paid for in the past from the Section 10 budget in Social Work. A service level agreement had been drafted with PAMIS to specify the services they provided. This would ensure that in future years funding to PAMIS would be considered as part of the overall allocation of funding to voluntary organisations in return for services provided.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to make payment of 15,000 to PAMIS for 2005/06; and

 

(ii) to note that cost would be met from the Partnership in Practice Change Fund allocation within the Social Work Revenue Budget.

 

V TENDERS RECEIVED - FORMATION OF RESOURCE CENTRE

 

On a reference to Article I of the minute of meeting of the Social Work Committee of 21st November, 2005 wherein approval was given for the City Architectural Services Officer to obtain offers, tenders or negotiate partnerships with Dundee Contract Services for Minor Capital Works, there was submitted Report No 64-2006 by the City Architectural Services Officer giving details of offer received for the formation of Resource Centre at 1 Rowantree Crescent, Linlathen.

 

The Committee agreed:-

 

(i) to accept a negotiated offer with Dundee Contract Services to carry out the above work for the sum of 63,500.00 to which required to be added allowances of 678.00 for Planning Supervisor and 10,822.00 for professional services, making a total expenditure of 75,000.00; and

 

(ii) to note that this project would now be financed from the revenue budget.

 

 

 

HELEN WRIGHT, Convener.