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GREATER MANCHESTER HOUSE PROJECT COLLABORATIVE

Meeting: 28/02/2022 - Executive (Item 105)

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To consider a report of the Executive Member for Children's Services.

Minutes:

The Executive Member for Children’s Services submitted a report which provided details of the House Project, an opportunity for working with other Greater Manchester Authorities to access funding together with the National House Project (NHP), to give a number of care leavers in the area an opportunity to access tenancies and support in becoming independent.

 

In introducing the paper, the Executive Member noted that the project would help to reduce reliance on costly alternative provision and was supported by evidence of positive outcomes, and that the collaborative approach would generate a more effective peer group for participants, and would facilitate staffing issues and ongoing support. Progress and outcomes of the project would be reported to the Corporate Parenting Board.

 

An opportunity was provided for Members to raise questions, which centred on wider issues of the preparation young people in care for independent living, the reasons for increasing numbers in supported accommodation, guidance for foster carers, staffing implications, and any responsibility on the Council in respect of acting as guarantor for post-18 tenancies. On the latter point it was indicated that further information would be provided outside the meeting.

 

          RESOLVED -

 

(1)      That the intention for Trafford Council to participate in the House Project be noted.

 

(2)      That approval be given to the making of any necessary agreements with other local authorities for the placing of staff at the disposal of those other authorities in relation to the House Project.

 

(3)      That authority be delegated to the Corporate Director for Children's Services to agree terms and conditions for the placement of Staff at the disposal of other Local Authorities in consultation with the Corporate Director for Governance and Community Strategy for the purposes of the House Project.