Purpose

This item provides an update on Project
Skyline (GM proposal to create supply of children’s homes to
increase availability of LAC placements in the GM region for some
of the most vulnerable young people) and approve entering into a
Partnership Agreement with the remaining Local Authorities in GM,
GMCA and NHS GM for delivery of the project.

Content

The Cabinet has
considered a report providing an update on Project Skyline  outlining a
Greater Manchester proposal to create supply of children’s
homes to increase availability of placements for Children Looked
After in the GM region for some of the most vulnerable young
people, and has:-
 
(1) Approved in
principle that the council can enter into a Partnership Agreement
for Skyline as referred to in this report.
 
(2) Delegated to the
Executive Director People and Neighbourhoods, in consultation with
the portfolio holder for Children, Families and Education, Section
151 Officer and the Assistant Director, Legal and Democratic
Governance to agree the terms of the Partnership Agreement.
 
(3) Delegated to the
Assistant Director, Legal and Democratic Governance authority to
enter into any documentation required to
give effect to the Partnership Agreement, including the Partnership
Agreement and any related legal agreements referred to in the
Partnership Agreement or arising out of the project as a whole.