Children and Families Cabinet Member - 2022-2023

(a)       The functions and areas of policy and decision making responsibility to the extent that they are not non-executive are:   ·          Statutory Lead Member for Children’s Services and all related responsibilities under section 19 of the Children Act 2004

  ·          Strategic local leadership and development of the education and children’s services sector including housing for Care leavers and homeless prevention for young people   ·          Champion across North Lincolnshire to drive for high educational standards for all children and young people, and in particular for the most disadvantaged groups   ·          Children’s social care, including Adoption and Fostering   ·          Promote sufficient, high quality and sustainable education and children’s social care provider market   ·          Schools capital investment   ·          Children’s Safeguarding   ·          To promote children’s literacy   ·          Strategic Lead for Public Transport   ·          Education Access and Inclusion and Disability   ·          School Intervention, Improvement, Learning and Professional Standards   ·          Youth Justice   ·          Children’s Early Help and Family Support   ·          Vulnerable Children Engagement, Advocacy and Complaints   ·          Corporate Parenting   ·          Social Work Professional Standards (Children)     (b)        Additional specific delegated decision making powers to:   ·          Approval of the Schools and Early Years Funding Formula

  ·          Approval of the Local Admissions arrangements for Maintained Schools   ·          Appointment of local authority governors   ·          Appointment of Education Appeals panel members   ·          Approval of the Statement of Purpose for Ofsted regulated provision   ·          Receive the Annual Statutory Complaints report