Issue - meetings

To enable Cabinet to give consideration to a recommendation made to it by the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee in respect of the above.

RESOLVED that:

(a)     the recommendation made by the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee be supported; and

(b)     the Portfolio Holder ensures that positive links are established between Virgin Care and relevant Officers and other bodies, including the Health and Well-being Board, to support a good working relationship moving forward.

It was reported that, at the meeting of the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee held on 19 March 2018, Virgin Care’s Quadrant Manager for North Essex (Elizabeth Kingsford) had attended and had provided that Committee with information on Virgin Care.

Cabinet was made aware that the Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service brought together a range of children’s community services which were provided by Virgin Care, in partnership with Barnardo’s, on behalf of Essex County Council and the NHS.

It delivered broad areas of support as follows:-

1.    Health Visiting;

2.    Parenting Support;

3.    School Nursing;

4.    Family Health;

5.    Support for ages 5-19;

6.    Support for young people with special educational needs and disabilities up to the age of 25.

It also provided children’s community health services in West Essex.

Elizabeth Kingsford also provided information to Members on the following:

1. Introduction;

2. Background;

3. The Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service;

4. 10 Year Contract;

5. Working in partnership with Barnardo’s;

6. Transition and change;

7. Integration of various teams;

8. Health visiting;

9. Community Services;

10. Projects;

11. Tailoring needs; and

12. 27 Key aims / Targets.

Following on from the information provided, the Committee was given the opportunity to ask questions which were responded to by Elizabeth Kingsford. Elizabeth Kingsford also informed the Committee that she would be happy to provide Case Studies and information on the progress made by Virgin Care in the future.

The Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee decided to recommend to Cabinet that –

“the Community Safety Partnership and the Public Health Officer make contact with Virgin Care to ensure that the work of Virgin Care locally links through to the relevant projects and activities already being undertaken in the District.”

The Health and Education Portfolio Holder had supported the Committee’s recommendation and had commented as follows –

“The Committee requested at the meeting that Virgin Care submit some case studies to a future meeting of the Committee that show the impact of their work in some specified areas of the District such as Jaywick Sands and Harwich. The case studies should show what has been achieved and where things have not worked so well. I wholeheartedly support this course of action and look forward to seeing what the outcomes from the case studies in due course and understanding if there are any areas where additional support could be provided by the Council.”

It was moved by Councillor Stock, seconded by Councillor G V Guglielmi and –

RESOLVED that -

(a)    the recommendation made by the Community Leadership and Partnerships Committee be supported; and

(b)    the Portfolio Holder ensures that positive links are established between Virgin Care and relevant Officers and other bodies, including the Health and Well-being Board, to support a good working relationship moving forward.