Agenda item

Report from the Strategic Director of Children and Young People’s Services.

Recommendation

That the amendments to the policy are agreed, which clarifies that the policy also applies to council homes. 

Consideration was given to the report which proposed amendments to the Pathway to Care Policy that was attached at Appendix 3. The Policy had been in place since 2012 and aimed to increase the physical capacity, through accommodation, of a carer to care for a Looked After Child or to enable a child to be permanently discharged from care.  This included supporting carers with home extensions/adaptations or in the purchase of a new home where an extension was not possible or economically viable.

The revisions to the Policy would allow for the inclusion of extensions to Council housing properties and enable the Council to support a broader range of carer/proposed carers for looked after children.

The Policy would be reviewed by the leadership of Children and Young Peoples’  Services every 12 months.

Resolved:-

That the amendments to the Policy are agreed, which clarifies that the Policy also applies to Council homes.