Swansea Scrutiny

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Safeguarding Adults in Swansea

The Health Social Care and Well Being Overview and Scrutiny Board today (7th Feb) looked at the Annual Report of the Swansea Safeguarding Adults Board including reviewing the action plan and progress made. What Is A Vulnerable Adult?  -  Vulnerable adults are individuals over 18 who are or may be in need of community care [...]

Youth Support Services Update

The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Board completed a review looking at youth support services in April 2010 and have received regular updates on progress since then.  The Board at its meeting on the 20th February will look at the latest progress update which will include asking questions on progress with recommendations, for example [...]

Libraries performance explained

The Environment & Communities Overview & Scrutiny Board met with the Cabinet Member for Culture and Tourism and the Head of Libraries last week.  The Board were very interested to receive the latest performance information on the Libraries Service  and  Members commended Steve Hardman as Head of Libraries and his staff for the excellent service that they provide. [...]

Role of Teaching Assistants across Primary Schools is now complete

The Children, Young People and Learning Overview and Scrutiny Board have over recent months been looking at the role of the teaching assistant in the primary sector in Swansea. The Board chose to look at this issue because it has become evident that the numbers of teaching assistants employed across schools in Swansea (and across [...]

Scrutiny councillors quiz new director on carers

Councillors on the Health Social Care & Well Being overview and scrutiny board questioned the new director of Social Services, Phil Hodgson, and the new Head of Child & Family Services, David Howes on the issue of support for carers.  The board is currently reviewing how the Council and its partners identify and support carers, including [...]