To approve funds to expand the in-house children’s residential home provision.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Capital Expenditure > £1M;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: Aylestone; Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 11/01/2022
Open/Exempt: Open;
Decision due: Not before 8 Feb 2022 by Deputy City Mayor - Social Care and Anti-Poverty
Lead member: Councillor Sarah Russell, Deputy City Mayor - Social Care, Health, and Community Safety sarah.russell@leicester.gov.uk
Lead director: Martin Samuels, Caroline Tote
Department: Education and Children's Services
Contact: Mike Evans, Service Manager CYPS Email: Mike.Evans@leicester.gov.uk and Liam.Mawhinney@leicester.gov.uk Email: mike.evans@leicester.gov.uk, Liam Mawhinney.
Consultation process
To approve expansion of our in-house children’s residential home provision by converting existing council properties into two new children’s homes, to accommodate 5 and 6 young people respectively, between the ages of 8 and 17 years.
Consultees
Public, stakeholder and planning application consultation carried out on each scheme as appropriate.