Delivery of Early Help in Lewisham Targeted Early Help and Core Assets Contract
Additional documents:
Decision:
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 agreed 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
Minutes:
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