Overview and Scrutiny
Social Care Committee
The Committee will scrutinise the quality and performance of all Social Care related services delivered by the Council.
The remit and scope of the Committee in relation to Social Care related services is as follows:
- Adult Care
- Children’s Services
- Strategic Joint Commissioning
- Carers
- Integrated services and well-being
- Domiciliary Care
- Work with the Third Sector
- Compliance with the Social Services and Well-being Act
- West Wales Care Partnership
- Regional Safeguarding
- Regional Fostering
- Regional Adoption
The Committee has 13 members and will meet at least five times per year. Details of Committee members and future meetings, along with the Committee Work Programme, can be found below.
Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee
16 March 2023
One-off Committee Items
- Item: Paid and Unpaid Carers
- Purpose: Concerns of the impact of cost of living crisis on carers
- Item: Strategy for Keeping Families Together (previously known as LAC Reduction Strategy) and Action Plan
- Purpose: To monitor the strategy and progress of the Action Plan
- Item: Our West Wales Adult Advocacy Strategy 2023-2027
- Purpose: To consider and comment on the strategy
Standing / Re-occurring Items
- Item: Safeguarding
- Purpose: To have ongoing scrutiny and oversight to ensure that adequate measures are in place to comply with our statutory duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
15 June 2023
One-off Committee Items
- Item: Working with the 3rd Sector
- Purpose: To understand and consider 3rd Sector provision.
- Item: Strategy for Keeping Families Together (previously known as LAC Reduction Strategy) and Action Plan
- Purpose: To monitor the strategy and progress of the Action Plan
Standing / Re-occurring Items
- Item: Update from the West Wales Regional Partnership Board
- Purpose: Performance and delivery of the schemes funded via the Regional Integration Fund (RIF)
- Item: Overview and Scrutiny Annual Report
- Purpose: Annual report on Overview and Scrutiny Committee work 2022-23
14 September 2023
One-off Committee Items
- Item: Collaboration between PCC and HB
- Purpose: An update of the work that has progressed between the Cabinet Member for Social Care and Safeguarding, the Interim Director of Social Care and Housing, the newly appointed Director of Social Care and Housing and the Health Board.
Standing / Re-occurring Items
- Item: Safeguarding
- Purpose: To have ongoing scrutiny and oversight to ensure that adequate measures are in place to comply with our statutory duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
9 November 2023
One-off Committee Items
- Item: Pembrokeshire Community Health Council (CHC)
- Purpose: Update and feedback from the CHC together with a representative
Standing / Re-occurring Items
N/A
Terms of reference
Purpose
The Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee will review and scrutinise services relating to the care, support and well-being needs of children and adults
Role and function
To scrutinise the quality and performance of all Social Care related services delivered by the Council, through the development of a risk-based approach utilising relevant management information such as:
- service improvement plans
- financial information
- performance measures
- business risk
- self-assessment
- customer feedback / surveys
- external inspection / regulatory reports
Remit and scope
- Adult Care
- Children’s Services
- Strategic Joint Commissioning
- Carers
- Integrated services and well-being
- Domiciliary care
- Work with third sector
- Compliance with the Social Services and Well-being Act
- West Wales Care Partnership
- Regional Safeguarding
- Regional Fostering
- Regional Adoption
Procedure
The Committee will conduct its proceedings in accordance with the Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules set out in Section 7 of the Council’s Constitution.
Membership
There will be 13 Members on the Committee
Frequency of meetings
The Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee will meet at least 5 times per municipal year.