Social Value Ideas for Staffordshire County Council

Rising EHE caseload

The committee heard that EHE numbers are rising quickly and are likely to keep increasing, creating pressure on the current team size and capacity to monitor safeguarding and education suitability.

“And I think as you'll probably see in the report, the pandemic had a major impact on mental health, students mental health, and the support services w…”

Permanent EHE officer posts

The working group recommends making five temporary additional elective home education officer posts permanent, reflecting continuing workload growth and the team’s current reliance on short-term resou…

“So the recommendations will go through shortly but I wondered if anyone had any questions that they wanted to ask first. Speaker 0: Yeah. I believe C…”

Review EHE impacts in 12 months

The working group asked to reconvene in 12 months, or sooner, to review the impact of recommendations and the new legislation. The committee agreed the report and the cabinet member will provide a res…

“The elective home education team would like to recommend that the five temporary additional EHE officers post are made permanent. We'd like to recomme…”

Chetwynd Bridge funding bid

Staffordshire County Council has submitted a £46.3 million bid to the Department for Transport’s structures fund for the new Chetwynd Bridge bypass scheme. The project is intended to address deteriora…

“As publicized on Monday, we have submitted a bid to Department for Transport of £46,300,000 as part of the governance £1,000,000,000 structures fund. …”

Pothole backlog and repair delays

Members said the county still has a very large highways maintenance backlog, with category 3 defects taking far longer than target to fix. The discussion indicates ongoing capacity and performance pre…

“One of the things we have been trying to deal with is this issue of the disruption. And the disruption isn't just the utilities coming in and digging …”

Highways delivery redesign and AMEY review

The council is reworking highways delivery to reduce disruption, improve efficiency, and manage the backlog more strategically. This includes bundling works into geographic packages, coordinating with…

“Thank you for the question. I'll start with acknowledging that we do not get the funding levels we deserve or we need. That is true of the administrat…”

Recruit governance roles for LGR

The committee approved a recruitment exercise for at least one additional Standards Independent Person and one additional Independent Remuneration Panel member to strengthen resilience through local g…

“This report seeks the committee's approval to commence a recruitment exercise for additional independent persons and independent remuneration panel me…”

Follow-up briefings requested

The committee formally requested further information on complaints relating to outpatients and cancelled operations, a briefing on talking therapies, and a briefing on complaints processes for both th…

“Thank you very much for your presentation. I would like to request to receive further information on your complaints in relations to outpatients and c…”

Dress code and standing orders

The committee considered amendments to procedural standing orders and the introduction of a councillor dress code, with the changes to be recommended to full council. The report stressed that the code…

“Again, if I could direct the committee to page two fifteen of your pack, which sets out the proposed changes to the constitution with an appendix of a…”