Issue - meetings
Regional Adoption Agency
Meeting: 04/12/2018 - EXECUTIVE (Item 70)
70 Regional Adoption Agency PDF 94 KB
This report sets out the plans for forming the Regional Adoption Agency (RAA) which will be hosted by Central Bedfordshire Council and seeks delegated authority for the Director of Children’s Services (DCS) to negotiate and conclude a partnering agreement to enable this to be implemented with a planned live date of 1 April 2019.
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - Regional Adoption Agency, item 70 PDF 725 KB
- Appendix 2 - Regional Adoption Agency, item 70 PDF 3 MB
Decision:
1. That Central Bedfordshire Council’s Adoption Service become part of a Regional Adoption Agency (RAA) by merging services with Milton Keynes Council.
2. To authorise the Director of Children’s Services to approve the signing of a partnership agreement with Milton Keynes Council to implement the RAA.
3. To delegate the leadership and management arrangements of the RAA to the Director of Children’s Services.
Minutes:
The Executive considered a report from the Executive Member for Children, Education and Families that proposed the combining of the Council’s adoption services with those in Milton Keynes to form a Regional Adoption Agency (RAA). Central Bedfordshire Council would host the service.
In response to a question, the Director of Children’s Services confirmed that relative contributions to the RAA’s budget for the years after 2019/20 would be on the same basis as the initial budget for 2019/20.
Reason for decision: To ensure the Council complied with national policy as well as taking advantage of the benefits of combining the two services.
RESOLVED
1. that Central Bedfordshire Council’s Adoption Service become part of a Regional Adoption Agency (RAA) by merging services with Milton Keynes Council;
2. to authorise the Director of Children’s Services to approve the signing of a partnership agreement with Milton Keynes Council to implement the RAA; and
3. to delegate the leadership and management arrangements of the RAA to the Director of Children’s Services.