Decision details

The Group Director, Community & Children’s Services provided Cabinet Members with the draft Learning Disability Joint Statement of Strategic Intent seeking approval toconsult in partnership with Merthyr Tydfil Council and the Cwm Taf University Health Board. The officer advised that the report title should read:

 ‘Report of the Group Director, Community & Children’s Services in discussion with the relevant portfolio holder, Councillor G Hopkins’.

The officer explained that the Statement of Strategic Intent was important for the Council and its Regional Cwm Taf Partners as it reinforces the intention to transform services with the key focus being on prevention, self-management and independence within the spirit of the Social Services and Wellbeing Act (Wales) 2014.

The Cabinet Member for Children’s Services,  Equalities and the Welsh Language and the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Services both praised the draft Statement of Strategic Intent, and agreed that it is pleasing to see partners across Cwm Taf working together to improve the services for individuals with learning disabilities.

Following further discussions, it was RESOLVED:

a)    To approve for consultation the draft Learning Disability Joint Statement of Strategic Intent

b)    To receive, for approval, a further report in February 2017 on the outcome of the consultation alongside a final Learning Disability Joint Statement of Strategic Intent and an implementation plan to take forward the actions required to deliver the commissioning intentions.