Decision details

Committee to receive a report on the review of the Your Choice Barnet contract.

The Chairman introduced the report which set out proposals for the future of the Your Choice Barnet Ltd agreement with the Council from February 2017. The Chairman invited Dawn Wakeling, Commissioning Director for Adults and Health, Julie Riley, Director of Care and Support The Barnet Group and Troy Henshall, Chief Executive of The Barnet Group to present the item.

Following a query about staffing, officers provided a response and noted that appropriate staffing arrangements are in place to ensure that employment issues are handled effectively.

Councillor Longstaff moved a motion to amend the wording of the first recommendation to read ‘for five years and two months’ which was seconded. Following agreement by the Committee, the motion was declared carried and became the substantive motion.

It was RESOLVED that:

1.    That the Committee agreed that the Council enter into a contract with Your Choice (Barnet) Ltd (YCB) for five years and two months, from the 1st February 2017 to 31st March 2022, with an extension period of 2 years and a break clause at year three. 

2.    That the Committee agreed the proposals to continue all current YCB services whilst increasing support to service users to move towards more independent living and to participate in the workplace, subject to consultation.

3.    That the Committee agreed to a period of public consultation on the proposals for a new agreement, to take place from July 2016 for a period of 12 weeks.

4.    That the Committee noted that a report will be brought to a future Adults and Safeguarding Committee setting out the consultation findings.

Votes for recommendations 1, 2 and 3 were recorded as follows:

Recommendation 4 was unanimously carried.