Issue details
Developing a Welcome Centre Approach for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children
Purpose of Report: To seek agreement to develop a Welcome Centre
approach for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children who are aged 16
and 17 and can be supported in ‘other arrangements’
under the care planning regulations.
The report also seeks permission to delegate the decision to re
profile capital which was previously allocated in 2019 to develop
placement sufficiency.
The Executive will be asked to approve and support the approach of
a welcome centre and delegate decision making for capital, should
it be required, to the Corporate Director of Children Services in
consultation with the council’s Chief Finance Officer.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Decision Made
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 27/12/2023
Level of Risk: 04-08 Regular monitoring required;
Decision due: 25/01/24 by Executive
Lead member: Executive Member for Children, Young People and Education
Lead director: Corporate Director of Children's and Education
Department: Directorate of Children's and Education
Contact: Martin Kelly, Corporate Director of Children & Education Email: martin.kelly@york.gov.uk.
Consultation process
N/A
Making Representations: N/A
Equality Impact Assessment Completed?: Not required
Decisions
Agenda items
- 25/01/2024 - Executive Developing a Welcome Centre Approach for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (16:19) 25/01/2024
Documents
- Developing a Welcome Centre Approach for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children