Integrated Children's Centre: Budget and 1.33 FTE Post to Education, Sport and Culture

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A decision made 8 August 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-HSSD-2014-0034
Decision Summary Title :	Child and Family Centre		Date of Decision Summary:	17th July 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Deputy Director Commissioning		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Budget Transfer to Education, Sport and Culture for Children Centre		Date of Written Report:	17th July 2014
Written Report Author:	Deputy Director Commissioning		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Transfer allocated resources from Health and Social Services (H&SS) to Education Sport & Culture (ESC) to ensure the delivery of an integrated Children’s Centre.
Decision(s): The Minister agreed to transfer the recurring budget of £60,000 (including 1.33 fte) from a Health and Social Services (H&SS) revenue head of expenditure to an Education Sport & Culture (ESC) revenue head of expenditure to ensure the delivery of an integrated Children Centre, as detailed in the attached report.
Reason(s) for Decision: This budget transfer is required as a contribution towards the cost of a children centre co-ordinator (0.33 fte) and parent engagement officer (1.00 fte) who will both work from the Children Centre. This is part of the proposals set out in P82/2012 Health and Social Services: A new way forward. The funding will be transferred from this budget.
Resource Implications: The Health and Social Services Department revenue head of expenditure to decrease by £60,000 and Education, Sport and Culture revenue head of expenditure to increase by the same amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States. This transfer will be reflected in the next Medium Term Financial Plan 2016-2019.
Action required: The Director of Finance and Information to inform the Department for Education, Sport and Culture that the decision has been signed. The Director of Finance and Information to forward a copy of the signed decision to the Treasury & Resources department and request the necessary approval for the budget transfer.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Health and Social Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):