Issue - meetings

Corporate Risk Management

 

 

Meeting: 20/03/2024 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 46)

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Report of the Executive Director of Corporate Resources and Customer Services

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report of the Executive Director of Corporate Resources and Customer Services which provided an update on the Corporate Risk Register as detailed in Appendix A to the report.

 

The Chief Internal Auditor (CIA) presented the report indicating that the ownership of the content of the Corporate Risk Register rested with the Strategic Leadership Board.

 

The CIA indicated that since the meeting held on 13 December 2023:

 

·       One new risk had been added to the Corporate Risk Register in the current quarter;

o   Increase in Academisation of Schools in the Borough

 

·       One risk had been de-escalated and would continue to be monitored on the appropriate Service Risk Register;

o   Requirement to work collaboratively with Sefton New Directions to review delivery model

 

The CIA informed the Committee that there were on-going initiatives to embed risk management within the Council including assurance mapping and horizon scanning.

 

Members of the Committee asked questions/commented on the following issues arising from the report and verbal update:

 

·       The impact of the increase of academies in the Borough

·       Any effect on Special Educational Needs or Disability provision

·       The rising number of Education, Health and Care Plans

 

Following consideration of the report, the Committee received a presentation from the Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Place and the Assistant Director of Life Course Commissioning. The presentation covered the risks associated with the Adult Social Care (ASC) sector:

 

·       ASC Contracted Rates

·       Social Care Provision

·       Inflation and cost of care impact

 

RESOLVED: That

 

(1)

the updated Corporate Risk Register, the nature of the major risks facing the Council and the planned actions in place to mitigate these risks, be noted;

 

(2)

the progress on the embedding of risk management within the Council be noted; and

 

(3)

the Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Place and the Assistant Director of Life Course Commissioning be thanked for their presentation.