Social Work Briefing

Today along with my colleague Bailie Helen Wright I received a briefing from officers in the Social Work Department about the Administration's proposals for the Social Work Budget. You can read about proposals to Re-design Adolescent Services or to Further Externalise Home Based Social Care Services on the council's website. As councillors we need to satisfy ourselves that these changes will not have a detrimental effect on social work services. There are also proposals to increase charges for the Community Alarm system to residents in Sheltered Housing, I hope that they do not make sheltered housing unattractive to people in Dundee. The Labour Group will continue to examine all the cuts being brought forward and will evaluate our response over the next couple of weeks. If you have any views on these proposals please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.