Issue - meetings

Further to Minute 95 (19 February 2018), the Cabinet Member for Social Care and Health Integration introduced a report on the proposal for the Council to join with a number of other London Boroughs to form a regional adoption agency, known as ‘Adopt London East’, in line with the requirements of the Education and Adoption Act 2016.

The Cabinet Member referred to the key aspects of the final Business Case and confirmed that while some financial savings are expected to be achieved, the main aims of the new joint working arrangements related to improved service delivery and the development of an integrated core adoption support offer.

The Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree the Council’s participation in the East London Regional Adoption Agency with effect from June 2019, in accordance with the business case set out at Appendix 1 to the report; and

(ii)  Delegate authority to the Director of People and Resilience, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Social Care and Health Integration and the Director of Law and Governance, to enter into any contracts / agreements necessary to effect the arrangements.