Agenda

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 14 September 2023 and on 2 October 2023 (POSC4) and to receive information arising from them.

The Committee is recommended to AGREE the minutes, having first made any necessary amendments.

Members of the public who wish to address the Committee can attend the meeting in person or virtually, through an online connection.  To facilitate hybrid meetings, we ask that requests to speak are submitted by 09.00 four working days before the meeting, i.e., 09.00 on Friday 3 November 2023.  Requests to speak should be sent to scrutiny@oxfordshire.gov.uk

If you are speaking virtually, you may submit a written form of your presentation so that, if the technology fails, your views can be taken into account.  Written submissions should be no longer than one A4 sheet.

The Committee has requested to consider the annual report of the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board (OSAB) which was submitted to Cabinet on 17 October.  Cllr Tim Bearder, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Karen Fuller, Interim Corporate Director for Adult Social Care, and representatives of the board have been invited to attend to present the report and to answer the Committee’s questions.

The Committee is recommended to consider the report and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make arising from its discussion.

The Committee requested to consider the annual report of the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board (OSCB)  which was submitted to Cabinet on 17 October.   The Head of Safeguarding and the OSCB Business Manager have been invited to attend to present the report and to answer the Committee’s questions.

The Committee is recommended to consider the report and to AGREE any recommendations it wishes to make arising from its discussion.

An update on the work of the SEND working group and of the Education Data working group will be provided.

The Committee is asked to consider the proposed work programme.  In deciding its work programme, the Committee is also asked to consider the relevance of any items on the Cabinet’s Forward Plan.

The Committee is recommended to AGREE its work programme.

The Committee is recommended to NOTE the progress of previous recommendations and actions arising from previous meetings, having raised any questions on the contents.

To follow

The formal response to People Overview and Scrutiny Committee from Cabinet regarding Children and Adults Social Care workforce has been received.