Agenda and minutes

Councillor Jane Urquhart – personal

Councillor Jon Collins – other Council business

Dave Robinson (NCVS)

None.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 16 November 2016.

The minutes of the meeting held on 16 November were confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

Maria Ward, Networks Officer at NCVS delivered a verbal update on the key areas of activity since the last meeting as follows:

(a)  In terms of safeguarding training, NCVS have been working with the Women’s Centre to deliver women only safeguarding sessions.

Training is also being delivered on request to Voluntary Community Sector organisations across the City with specific training session in Areas 4 and 6, providing basic Safeguarding training, including: ‘Introduction to Safeguarding Children’, ‘Introduction to Safeguarding Adults’, ‘Level 2 Safeguarding Children’ and Level 2 Safeguarding Adults’.

During February 2017, ‘Every Colleague Matters’ will focus on making safeguarding personal. Trainers will be available to organisations with further sessions to be held in February, June and September.

Councillor David Mellen commented that it was a concern that it appeared not to be widely known that the Safeguarding Board also offer safeguarding training to voluntary sector organisations. Maria Ward, Network Officer at NCSV will record the training provided and report it to the Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Board;

(a)  The Health and Wellbeing Plan will be promoted across the voluntary sector and organisations will be encouraged to consider and monitor their involvement in the Plan. Mechanisms will need to be established to easily enable smaller groups to report their activity.

  The Chair’s offer to meet with voluntary groups and help them understand their role in the Health and Wellbeing Plan was welcomed by NCVS;

(b)  The Cold Weather Plan is being promoted to ensure that organisations and citizens are aware of what to do, including directing citizens to where low cost food is available – such as community cafés, and where to refer rough sleepers;

(c)  The NCVS Annual Network Event was a great success with a multitude of support, information and workshops promoted by and to city organisations on a variety of issues including mental health, transforming care for people with learning disabilities and autism, child development review and personal budgets. A total of 93 organisations were represented and a film illustrating the diverse services provided by VCS and how they can assist to deliver public services to citizens is likely to be available during January;

(d)  It is important that the voluntary sector remain involved with Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) and the development of every action with the STP, specifically regarding workforce;

A summary sheet of the update will be circulated with the initial publication of the minutes.

RESOLVED to

(1)  thank Maria Ward for the informative update;

(2)  request that the Networks Officer at NCVS keep a record and report safeguarding training undertaken by voluntary organisations in Nottingham to the Nottingham City Safeguarding Children and Adults Boards;

(3)  circulate the Voluntary Sector Update with the initial publication of theminutes;

(4)  note the Chair’s offer to meet with voluntary groups and help them understand their role in the Health and Wellbeing Plan.

Report of the Assistant Chief Executive/ Corporate Director for Strategy and Resources, and the Director of Commissioning and Procurement

Lucy Putland,Commissioning Manager, Crime and Drugs Partnership, presented the report of the Assistant Chief Executive and Corporate Director of Strategy and Resources which requests that the Committee consider an extension of an existing Crime and Drugs Contract. Christine Oliver, Head of Commissioning, Strategy and Resources was also available to respond to the Committee’s questions.

RESOLVED to approve an extension of the current contract as set out within the exempt appendix.

Reason for recommendation

An extension to the existing contract referred to in the exempt appendix would allow time to engage in local partnership discussions as set out in exempt appendix A. Efficiencies have already been negotiated within the existing contract and the level of financial risk reduced.

Other Options Considered

As referred to within the exempt Appendix.

To consider excluding the public from the meeting during consideration of the remaining item(s) in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the basis that, having regard to all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

RESOLVED to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the remaining items in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the basis that, having regard to all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information, as defined in paragraph 3 of part 1, Schedule 12A of the Act.

RESOLVED to note the current Crime and Drugs Partnership contract as set out in the exempt appendix.