Issue - meetings

To receive any questions or petitions.

Notes:

1.    The deadline for Member’s questions is 12.00pm four working days before the meeting (Tuesday, 7 December 2021).

2.    The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting(Monday, 6 December 2021).

3.    The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting, and no petitions have been received.

The public retain their right to submit questions for written response, with such answers recorded in the minutes of the meeting; questioners may participate in meetings to ask a supplementary question. Petitioners may address the Committee on their petition for up to three minutes. Guidance will be made available to any member of the public wishing to speak at a meeting.

Witness:

Tina Benjamin, Director – Corporate Parenting

1. A question had been received from Fiona Davidson.

2. As a supplementary question, the Member asked whether the same data could be provided with reference to full-time-equivalent social workers, rather than based on the number of social workers.

3. The Director – Corporate Parenting replied that the data could be provided at a later date.

4. A Member asked whether there was guidance for part-time social workers regarding caseload numbers. The Director highlighted that experience of social workers was a greater factor when distributing the caseload, which was also dependent on the varied demands of each child. Social worker caseloads was closely managed by managers.

Action:

i.              The Director of Corporate Parenting to provide data, including commentary on caseload, on the number of full-time social workers by the next public meeting, in January 2022.