Decision details
Parenting Manager
Decision Maker: Managing Director Children and Young People (DCS)
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
This report seeks to implement one of the
priorities in the Children’s Services Demand Management
Strategy, which is developing a better co-ordinated approach to
delivering support to parents around their children’s
development. This will be achieved by appointing a Parenting
Manager (Grade 8) who will lead work to develop the
partnership’s approach to
parenting, achieving a co-ordinated approach to effective parenting
support spanning pre-birth to age 19 (24 years for children and
young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) and
at different levels of the continuum need, together with a system
for assessing the quality and impact of this work. The post will be
created on a fixed term basis to 31 March 2025 as part of the
investment to support delivery of the outcomes of the Supporting
Families programme, Family Hubs programme and parenting support
offer.
Decision:
RESOLVED - That: the fixed term post of
Parenting Manager be created to 31/3/25
Reasons for the decision:
Option 1 - Do not create the fixed term post
of Parenting Manager
Option 2 - Create the fixed term post of Parenting
Manager
Alternative options considered:
Option 1 - Do not create the fixed term post
of Parenting Manager
Other reasons / organisations consulted
Children's Services DMT were consulted about
the proposals
Contact: Bruce Penhale, Head of Stronger Communities Service 0161 770 4196 Email: bruce.penhale@oldham.gov.uk Email: Bruce.penhale@oldham.gov.uk.
Publication date: 02/09/2022
Date of decision: 26/08/2022
Effective from: 07/09/2022
Accompanying Documents:
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