(a) The functions and areas of policy and decision making responsibility to the extent that they are not non-executive are:
· Statutory Lead Member for Children’s Services and all related responsibilities under section 19 of the Children Act 2004
· Strategic local leadership and development of the education and children’s services sector including housing for Care leavers and homeless prevention for young people
· Champion across North Lincolnshire to drive for high educational standards for all children and young people, and in particular for the most disadvantaged groups
· Children’s social care, including Adoption and Fostering
· Promote sufficient, high quality and sustainable education and children’s social care provider market
· Schools capital investment
· Children’s Safeguarding
· To promote children’s literacy
· Strategic Lead for Public Transport
· Education Access and Inclusion and Disability
· School Intervention, Improvement, Learning and Professional Standards
· Youth Justice
· Children’s Early Help and Family Support
· Vulnerable Children Engagement, Advocacy and Complaints
· Corporate Parenting
· Social Work Professional Standards (Children)
(b) Additional specific delegated decision making powers to:
· Approval of the Schools and Early Years Funding Formula
· Approval of the Local Admissions arrangements for Maintained Schools
· Appointment of local authority governors
· Appointment of Education Appeals panel members
· Approval of the Statement of Purpose for Ofsted regulated provision
· Receive the Annual Statutory Complaints report