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The committee heard updates on services that help adults stay safe and independent at home, including assistive technology, community equipment and a sensory support team for people with sight or hearing loss. The minutes record no formal decisions on these two items, but members noted the 2026-2027 Work Plan.
The committee received updates on Early Help for adults and on digital transformation in the Social Services directorate. It also agreed a list of items to add to its work plan for 2026-2027, and the Cabinet Member for Adult Wellbeing committed to sending councillors contact details for the Early Help teams.
The Committee approved the minutes of its two previous meetings and noted that no councillor declared an interest. It also agreed that future meetings will start at 4 pm on the dates on the agenda, running from 20 July 2026 to 1 March 2027.
At this meeting the Social Care & Tackling Poverty Service Transformation Committee elected Councillor V M Evans as Chair, who runs the committee's meetings, and Councillor P N Bentu as Vice Chair, who stands in when the Chair cannot attend. The municipal year is the council's yearly term, running from 2026 to 2027. No councillor declared an interest in any item.
The committee received an update on the draft Swansea Council Tackling Poverty Strategy, which will return to the committee next year with a focus on welfare rights. It also received its annual report for 2025-26, which will go to Council, and a report on recommendations from the Western Bay Drugs Commission, where members raised concerns about support for people over 25. The work plan for 2025-26 was noted.
The Committee received two reports for information. The other covered the expansion of Flying Start childcare, which now covers all 2 to 3 year olds in Swansea. The minutes record no formal decisions on either report, and the Committee noted its work plan.
The committee received two 'for information' reports, one on improving the move from children's to adult services for young people and one on transforming day services for adults. It made one recorded decision: it noted the 2025-2026 Work Plan and agreed to add its own Annual Report 2025-2026 to the agenda for 30 March 2026.
The committee considered target operating models for children's and adult social services. These set out the intended end states of the social services transformation programmes, which the council is using to respond to a review recommendation. The committee asked for written papers for a workshop before Christmas, and it noted the 2025-2026 work plan with two changes.
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