Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The Committee received an oral update from the Director of Community and Children’s Services on work being done to support informal carers, following feedback from carers and the Member COVID-19 Working Party on the support provided prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Officer reported on the work being done to address this feedback and to look at areas where support for carers could be strengthened. Examples of this work included redoing the Strategy Action Plan, which as been started through a workshop with involved carers. There has been specific engagement with carers to look at how a more enhanced level of support for carers might be piloted. Other work includes

RESOLVED – that, the oral update be received.