The commission received a
report from Councillor John Batteson, Cabinet Member for Climate
Emergency, Jobs and Business and Nick Wolff, Employment and Skills
Manager on the following topics
Strong and Fair
Economy, Southwark 2030, Local Economy, Youth Services,
Care-Leavers, Creating opportunities such as internships and
apprenticeships
Working with partners
across Southwark, opportunities for young people with SEND, better
signposting for young people for jobs, Youth parliament,
e-newsletters, Tik-Tok and Instagram
Southwark Skills
partnership and skills delivery plan, Council team’s role in
delivering jobs services, Southwark Works, specialist support,
Southwark Youth New Deal.
Bringing together all
skills services providers, awareness amongst young people and have
access to pathways, communication strategy, one- hub, youth news
bulletins.
The commission then asked
questions on the following points
Consultation with
young people on jobs
Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs) to measure success of these
initiatives
Government Policies-
Right to work
Connect to work
program for young people with SEND
Unpaid internships
and council’s role to discourage it
Refugees and Asylum
Seekers – access to training schemes
The commission then asked
further questions on the following themes
Challenges in
advertising jobs for young people
Priortising work
experience and internships opportunities
SEND needs in young
people and jobs
Adult unemployment
and economic crisis
Collaboration across
the 32 London Boroughs
Support employers in
hiring young adults with neurodiversity and SEND needs
Impact of Artificial
Intelligence (AI) on jobs
6.
East Street Traders
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To receive a report from Lindon
on the East Street Market renovation project.
The commission then received a
report from the East Street Market renovation project team on the
following topics
High Street Funding,
engagement with traders, research on history of local area,
strategies for improvement, clear strong brand for east
street
Securing additional
funding, electric power for market, meeting for changes in the
market, East Street Community, parking issues.
Blockage of roads,
access to market, ineffective market management, one point of
contact needed, incentive for bringing more footfall in
market
Separate areas for
food stall sitting area, business hub and community area for IT
facilities, bringing together shop owners and street traders,
upskilling and collaboration.
Attracting new young
traders, new broadband for market, apps for delivery services,
compelling vision for East Street Market, aim for destination
market
Report driven by
thriving high streets and its funding, project management of
deliverables, further Community Infrastructure Levy funding for
East Street
Professional and
unified market, health and safety issues, waste management issues,
lighting and wi-fi, nursery parks within the strategy, solar
panels, power for permanent barrows, recycling waste management
like cardboard compactors.
Refrigeration,
murals, workspace for young entrepreneurs, artists and traders,
structure for governance and market management, budgetary
considerations and feasibility studies.
The commission then asked
questions on the following points
·Volunteer led market project team – 1200
unpaid hours
·Parking analysis and increase in footfall
·Delivering to homes
·Night markets over summer months
·Parking machines and 2-hour parking for
market
·Long term vision for East Street; issues with
changing the character of the market due to food hubs
·Supporting traders in pricing within the
strategy
·East street market vision- leading independent
sustainable market in London.
The commission noted the
recommendations in the report.
7.
Southwark Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP)
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To receive a report from
Alasdair Smith, Director, Children & Families on Southwark
Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP).
The commission then received a
report from Alasdair Smith, Director, Children & Families on
Southwark Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP) covering the
following topics
Safeguarding Children
2023 statutory guidance, role of Police Health Service and Council,
Structure of partnership- sub groups, Quality and effectiveness,
Local Children Safeguarding, Learning Network and Multi Agency
Child Exploitation network (MACE)
Major Changes-
Children’s well-being and schools bill in parliament,
scrutiny of safe-guarding work, core child protection activity,
reduction of children in child protection plan
High level of agency
workers, Health, Social Care and Police’s role, serious youth
violence, SSCP a self-critical system, internal home environment
and external factors in community
Neglect strategy-
multi agency response to neglect due to pandemic and cost of living
crisis, helping families get help earlier, child safeguarding
reviews
Government push for
change in responding to families, multiagency service teams joint
working, arrangements for targeted early help, online
harm.
The commission then asked
questions on the following points
Priorities as the
Chair of SSCP - transformation and additional roles
Recent report on
abuse and neglect in nursery settings and child minders
Regular inspections
of child minders and nurseries, mental, physical and psychological
abuse
8.
Draft Scrutiny Recommendations and Report
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To discuss Draft Scrutiny
Recommendations and Report with the commission for the 2024-2025
year. (To follow)
Minutes:
The commission discussed
recommendations and agreed to re-order the sequence to bring
similar topics together especially recommendation 8 and
11.
The commission also discussed
making recommendations more specific and to combine some of the
recommendations to make it more succinct.
The commission noted the work
programme for the 2024-25 year.
The commission proposed
discussing impact of school closures, impact on mainstream schools
with SEND and the increase in the number of special schools in the
upcoming council year 2025-26.
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