Purpose

The Health and Social Care
(Wales) Bill was introduced into the Senedd on 20th May.  The
Bill will restrict the making of profit in the provision of care
home services to children, secure accommodation services and
fostering services.
It will place a requirement on
all Welsh local authorities to secure sufficient accommodation
provided by not-for-profit entities either within or near to its
area.
New providers of
children’s residential care seeking to register with Care
Inspectorate Wales, will be required to have not-for-profit status
from 1st April 2026.  Existing
for-profit providers will need to transition to not-for-profit
status by 1st April 2027.
 

Content

RESOLVED: that
 

The Providing Homes
for Children Strategy be approved for submission to Welsh
Government and publication.

 

Authority be
delegated to the Director of Children’s Services in
consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Children Services and Tackling Poverty & Supporting Young
People (Children’s Services), the Council's
Section 151 Officer and the Council's Monitoring Officer, to
determine all aspects of the procurement process for the
commissioning of Children’s Care Home services (including
decision-making around the model, approving the evaluation criteria
to be used, and authorising the award of the contracts) and all
ancillary matters pertaining to the procurement and proposals
above.

 

Director of
Children’s Services be authorised to take forward the
discussions with other local authorities on collaborative working
to assist with the provision of homes that meet our
needs.