To consider a report of the Executive Member for Children’s Social Care.

That the proposal detailed in the report be approved.

The Executive Member for Children’s Social Caresubmitted a report which proposed the creation of a No Wrong Door Hub, a multi-disciplinary wraparound support offer for vulnerable adolescents on the edge of or in Care. This was consequent on the Department of Education having agreed funding for all 10 Local Authority areas in Greater Manchester to introduce a number of evidence-based innovation projects to their area. The proposed Hub would be sited at an existing Children’s Home (Kingsway Park), which would transition to become a short term, intensive residential offer for young people open to the service, to provide respite to those at risk of placement or family breakdown, and as a step-down service for those moving on from long-term residential care to family based care. It would remain an Ofsted-registered Home with 6 beds. In discussion, Members raised questions regarding the implementation timetable, the funding of associated posts, and the monitoring / regulatory regime which would apply to the proposed facility.

RESOLVED - That the proposal detailed in the report be approved.