Decision details

Having considered a confidential officer report, and a presentation by the

Cabinet Member for School Performance and Children’s Services, Councillor

Chris Barnham, the Mayor and Cabinet, for the reasons set out in the report

and by a vote of 10-0:

RESOLVED that:

(1) the direction of travel for improvements in Early Help provision be

approved and the staged approach to achieving the vision for the service

which will involve further decisions over the next nine months be noted; and

(2) responsibility be delegated to the Executive Director of CYP to terminate

the Core Assets contract once future funding has been clarified and

potentially earlier than April 2021 in order to implement and deliver a new

approach to Targeted Early Help for families in Lewisham