The
Social Care Services Board is responsible for overseeing and
scrutinising services for adults and
children in Surrey, including services for:
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Performance, finance and risk monitoring for social
care services
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Services for people with:
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Special Educational Needs
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Mental health needs, including those with problems
with memory, language or other mental functions
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Learning disabilities
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Physical impairments
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Long-term health conditions, such as HIV or
AIDS
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Sensory impairments
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Multiple impairments and complex needs
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Services for Carers
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Social care services for prisoners
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Safeguarding
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Care Act 2014 implementation
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Children’s Services, including
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Looked After Children
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Corporate Parenting
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Fostering
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Adoption
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Child Protection
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Children with disabilities
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Transition
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Youth Crime
reduction and restorative approaches
We aim
to improve services for the people of Surrey, to enable
Councillors to exercise real influence
in decision-making and policy development, to hold the Cabinet to
account and continue to look for improved ways of
working.
The Chairman of the Board is Keith
Witham and the Vice-Chairman is Margaret
Hicks.
The following Cabinet portfolios fall within the remit of this
board;
Mel Few, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Wellbeing and
Independence
Clare Curran, Cabinet Member for Children and Families Wellbeing