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

 

June 2026       

• Care for Vulnerable Younger Adults and Children in Care post 16 support          
  To receive a six-month update on the service, with an update on the development of the transition service to be included.
• Unpaid Carers Update           
  To receive an update on Unpaid Carers
• Recruitment of Foster Carers            
  To review the impact of initiatives to recruit more foster carers
• Overview and Scrutiny Annual Report 2025-2026
  To review the annual Overview and Scrutiny report, for 2025-2026
• Service Level Agreements with the Health Board 
  Provide an update on Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with the Health Board.
• Most Significant Change       
  For the committee to look at stories that have been “short listed” by previous panels, to discuss them – in particular what could be learned from them.
• Service Improvement Plan   
  To include Review of Practice Thresholds and Integrated demand analysis of CCATS by Professor Andy Bilson and Professor David Thorpe (2025) 

September 2026        

• Staff Vacancies           
  To receive a report on staff vacancies within in the Practice Thresholds sector
• Care for Vulnerable Younger Adults and Children in Care Post-16 Support         
  To receive a six-month update and 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
• Age Friendly Communities Strategy              
  To receive a service-specific report in relation to the strategy
• Addition of Resettlement Migration Support Management with Lived Experience
  To look at the impact on teams, delivery and outcome
• Update on Adult Care             
  To include closure of care facilities (Bro Preseli) with information from North of the County

November 2026          

• Third Sector Grants   
  To Reflect on the outcome of the commission review of grants given to Social Care Services
• Strengths Based Collaborative Communication Programme Update     
  To look at the impact on hospital flow
• Update from West Wales Regional Partnership Board       
  Annual item
• Social Care Director’s Report
  Annual item
• Reablement Balance              
  To receive an update on what the authority does regarding domiciliary care, understanding market dynamic
• Social Care Capital Programme       
  Annual item

January 2027 

• Digital Awareness      
  To receive information on how PCC IT and Age Cymru work to ensure older people access information in rural communities
• Poverty             
  To receive an update on Third sector services eg. Low-Income Family Tracker (LIFT), Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB), People Power (PWP)
• Children’s Residential Care Update              
  To receive information on costs and preventative measures. To include Eliminate Agenda
• Outline Draft County Council Budget 2027-28 and Outline Draft Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) 2027-28 to 2029 - 30    
  To consider the budget