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

 

September 2026        

• Staff Vacancies           
  To receive a report on staff vacancies within in the Practice Thresholds sector
• Age Friendly Communities Strategy              
  To receive a service-specific report in relation to the strategy
• Update on Adult Care             
  To include closure of care facilities (Bro Preseli) with information from North of the County

• Social Care Director’s Report
  Annual item

• Service Improvement Plan   
  To include Review of Practice Thresholds and Integrated demand analysis of CCATS by Professor Andy Bilson and Professor David Thorpe (2025) 

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
• Reablement Balance              
  To receive an update on what the authority does regarding domiciliary care, understanding market dynamic
• Social Care Capital Programme       
  Annual item

• Addition of Resettlement Migration Support Management with Lived Experience
  To look at the impact on teams, delivery and outcome

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