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Forthcoming decisions to be taken by the Cabinet and Cabinet Members for the next 28 days and beyond can be found in the Notice of Decisions.

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Decisions published

12/08/2022 - Independent Travel Training ref: 5105    Recommendations Approved

Surrey County Council (SCC) has a statutory duty to support disabled children, young people and their families. Personal Support is part of the short breaks offer but is a specialist service and is only available following assessment. 

 

Personal Support is home-based care, primarily used by SCC’s Children with Disabilities team to provide families with respite care (short break), in accordance with their assessed needs. Personal support may also be used to provide other types of support such as emergency or crisis support and support outside the home for children and young people to access and be included in social and leisure actives in their local communities.

 

The services provided through the new contract will be available to all of the Children’s Services teams and the procurement value reflects this scope.

 

The new DPS for Personal Support Services will commence on 1st April 2024 and it will be in place for 3 years, up to 31st March 2027. There is also an available extension of 2 years taking this to 31st March 2029.

 

Decision Maker: Director- Commissioning for Children, Families and Lifelong Learning

Decision published: 25/08/2022

Effective from: 12/08/2022

Decision:

It was AGREED that:

 

1. Award a contract for Independent Travel Training (ITT) to Surrey Choices        

 

Lead officer: Anna Kwiatkowska


03/08/2022 - Community sponsorship of a refugee family ref: 5104    Recommendations Approved

The Home Office has introduced a Community Sponsorship Scheme whereby local community groups can take responsibility to welcome and support refugee families from conflict-ridden regions directly into their communities. This complements resettlement work that has been undertaken by local authorities as part of the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS). Surrey County Council and Surrey’s Districts and Boroughs have been active participants in the VPR Scheme since 2015 and over 100 families have been resettled in Surrey.   The Community Sponsorship Scheme was paused by the Home Office during the pandemic and is now being reintroduced. 

It is recommended that Community Sponsorship is encouraged and enabled as a means to resettle Syrian Refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme and the Cabinet Member gives consent to prospective Community Sponsors in Guildford subject to them meeting the Home Office criteria for that consent.

Decision Maker: Executive Director Children, Families Lifelong Learning and Culture

Decision published: 22/08/2022

Effective from: 03/08/2022

Decision:

It was AGREED that:

 

1.           The Executive Director for Children, Families and Lifelong Learning gives consent to a prospective Community Sponsor in Guildford subject to them meeting the Home Office criteria for that consent.