Purpose

The purpose of this report is to approve
capital funding of up to £1.5m in order to establish a new
Ofsted-registered children’s home in Enfield for
children
with multiple, complex needs resulting from ongoing trauma,
including those subjects to
Deprivation of Liberty (DoLS) orders.

Decision

DECISION: The Cabinet agreed to:
 

     
I.        
Approve the budget envelope of £1.5m for the purchase of a
property on the open market and for the adaptation works to support
the use of a complex care home as set out in this report. This will
be 50% funded by Council borrowing and 50% by a grant from the
Department of Education (DfE).

   
II.        
Delegate authority to the Executive Director of Housing &
Regeneration for the purchase of a property on the open market to
be adapted for use as a complex care home. A maximum purchase price
will be set at £1m – the remaining budget will be used
to extend and adapt the property to meet service needs.

  
III.        
Delegate authority to the Executive Director of People to approve
project spend within the DfE grant & capital funding allocation
to procure consultants and other resources, in accordance with
Council Governance and Contract Procedure Rules as necessary to
deliver the works to adapt the property for use as a complex care
home.

 
IV.        
Delegate authority to the Executive Director of People to approve
procurement and subsequent contract award for the provision of care
services at the new children’s home.

   
V.        
Delegate authority to the Executive Director of People to approve
projected expenditure of the care services contract.