Issue - meetings

(i)            to endorse the content of the Annual Report, as attached at Appendix 1;

(ii)          to request the Chief Social Work Officer to circulate to Members via email, further information on the performance framework adapted from the Care Quality Commission; and

(iii)         to request the Chief Social Work Officer to circulate to Members via email, further information on lessons learned in terms of complaint handling.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Operating Officer which presented the Chief Social Work Officer’s Annual Report for the 2017/18 financial year. The purpose of the report was to inform Members of the role and responsibilities exercised by the Chief Social Work Officer; to provide information on statutory decision making in the period; and to give a progress report on key areas of social work provision within Aberdeen City.

The report recommended:-

That the Committee note the content of the Annual Report, as attached at Appendix 1.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to endorse the content of the Annual Report, as attached at Appendix 1;

(ii)          to request the Chief Social Work Officer to circulate to Members via email, further information on the performance framework adapted from the Care Quality Commission; and

(iii)         to request the Chief Social Work Officer to circulate to Members via email, further information on lessons learned in terms of complaint handling.