Agenda and minutes

Head of Adult Social Care Interviews, Employment Procedure Committee - Wednesday 11th August, 2021 10.30 am

Venue: Town Hall, Bootle

Contact: Ruth Appleby 

Items
No. Item

33.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

No apologies for absence were received.

 

34.

Declarations of Interest

Members and Officers are requested to give notice of any personal or prejudicial interest and the nature of that interest, relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the relevant Code of Conduct.

Minutes:

No declarations of interest were received.

 

35.

Minutes of the Meeting held on 26 July 2021

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 26 July 2021 be confirmed as a correct record.

 

36.

Exclusion of Press and Public

To consider passing the following resolution:

 

That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.  The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the Press and Public.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act. The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the press and public.

 

 

 

37.

Recruitment to the post of Head of Adult Social Care - Interviews

The Committee will interview candidates for the post of Head of Adult Social Care.

 

Copies of the interview timetable, the job description / person specification, the candidate application forms and details of the proposed interview questions were distributed by the Chief Personnel Officer prior to the meeting.

 

Please note that any appointment to the post will be subject to the consideration of any material or well-founded objection to the appointment by Members of the Cabinet.

 

 

Minutes:

The Committee interviewed candidates for the post of Head of Adult Social Care.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

(1)

a candidate be appointed to the post of Head of  Adult Social Care at a salary of £87,597 per annum (Senior Management Hay Grade 3), subject to any checks, along with any conditions deemed necessary by the Chief Personnel Officer;

 

 

(2)

the offer of appointment in (1) above be subject to the Chief Personnel Officer notifying the Cabinet of the recommendation and ascertaining whether any Cabinet Member has a material or well-founded objection to the appointment; and

 

 

(3)  The Committee acknowledged the good breadth of candidates and made comments to the

Executive Director Adult Social Care and Health and the Chief Personnel Officer