Decision details

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Change detailing the project plan for the People Directorate Transformation Programme and seeking the delegation of authority to the Director of People to act in strategic and operational matters relating to this transformation. 

(i)  Note the progress from April 2013 to implement the transformation of the People directorate, including the specific savings proposals which will impact on the 2014/15 budget and staffing levels (See Appendices 1&2).

(ii)  Note the Executive’s proposals for staffing reductions in Adult Social Care and Children’s Services within the People Directorate which are brought forward for consultation as part of the Transformation work and are set out in Appendices 1 & 2.

(iii)  Note the proposed establishment of an Integrated Commissioning Unit, which will lead to budget pressure of up to £125k per annum from 2014/15, and a part year pressure in the current year.

(iv)  Delegate authority to the Director of People, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Change (lead member for the decision), and  the Cabinet Member for Resources, the Cabinet Member for Health & Adult Social Care ,the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and the Chief Financial Officer, to enter into formal consultation with staff, recognised trade unions, partners, customers, parents, carers and stakeholders on the wider transformation work and the savings proposals set out in the Appendices with a view to being able to implement the structural changes necessary to implement the transformation by April 2014.

(v)  To authorise the Director of People to undertake any ancillary actions necessary to deliver the Transformation Programme as agreed by Cabinet.

The report provides an update for Cabinet and Council and ensures that the necessary actions and decisions can be taken to implement the transformation by April 2014. This will include taking forward specific savings proposals in advance of the main budget proposals. 

No alternative was seen as appropriate given the timescales and the scale of the transformation.

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