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The committee considered two annual reports: the Corporate Safeguarding Board Annual Report 2025/2026 and the Corporate Parenting Annual Report 2025-2026. Members noted both reports, and endorsed continued delivery of the Corporate Parenting Strategy. They also approved the committee's Forward Work Programme and the combined programme.
The committee considered the Director of Social Care's Annual Report for 2025-26, which reviews how social care services performed and what will change next. It noted the report and recommended that Cabinet approve it. It also approved the committee's Forward Work Programme, which lists the reports due at future meetings.
The committee considered the End of Year Highlight report on the Children and Communities Grant for 2025-26, a Welsh Government grant that Conwy administers through Social Care. It agreed to acknowledge the grant's delivery and outcomes in 2025-26 and to support the proposed programme for 2026-27. It also approved its Forward Work Programme.
The committee re-appointed Councillor Abdul Khan as Vice-Chair for 2026/2027 and approved its Forward Work Programme. It recommended to Cabinet that the council support a five-year plan for about two new supported living services a year, from 2026 to 2031.
The committee noted progress on the Social Care and Education Service Development Programme, where 15 of 17 deliverables are complete. It also supported the work on recruiting and keeping social care staff, and asked that future reports include data on leadership and management training. The public and press were excluded for one report on the Connecting Care Programme, because talks on Welsh Government funding are confidential at this stage.
The committee considered three reports: a refreshed North Wales Learning Disability Strategy for 2025 to 2035, an update on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) service, and the annual report of the Joint Conwy and Denbighshire Adoption Panel. Members noted the adoption report and supported continued work on the learning disability strategy and the current way of working on DoLS. A proposal to request more DoLS staffing through a business case was seconded, but the vote was lost.
On 15 October 2025 the committee considered three reports: the end of project report for the Bron y Nant respite service and Bryn Euryn nurseries and café, the Corporate Safeguarding Board annual report, and the Corporate Parenting annual report. It recommended to Cabinet that the end of project report be approved. It noted the two annual reports.
The committee considered a request from Conwy Youth Council for young people to sit on all scrutiny committees, the Director of Social Care's annual report, inspection reports from Care Inspectorate Wales, and two reports on rising demand in disability and older people's services. It recommended to Council that a Youth Council representative join the committee as a non-voting co-optee, meaning a person who is not a councillor. It recommended the annual report to Cabinet, referred the inspection report to the Governance and Audit Committee, and noted the demand reports, asking for business cases in future budgets.
The committee met on 16 July 2025 to consider the Children and Communities Grant end of year report for 2024-25 and the outline plan for 2025-26. Three councillors sent apologies, and members approved the minutes of the previous meeting. Members noted the report and raised concerns about staffing and spending on play sessions for children with disabilities.
The committee re-appointed its Vice-Chair and approved its Forward Work Programme. It received an update from Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, and the minute records no decision on that item. It also noted progress on the Connecting Care Programme and agreed that a committee member should sit on its Project Board, with the Chair as that representative.
Members noted progress on the five-year Welsh-language plan for health and social care and the Placement Commissioning Strategy for children looked after. They asked that the next Welsh-language update include a clear record of training for external care providers. The committee also approved its forward work programme.
The committee approved its forward work plan and received a progress report on the Social Care and Education Service Development Programme. Members noted the progress made and asked for a further report in early 2026.
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