Cabinet Warrants Of Office

Deputy - Personal and Community Services Brief The Deputy is responsible for all matters relating to the Council's affairs in respect of the personal and community services brief. As such, the deputy is responsible for liaising with other members of the Cabinet, particularly where matters within the brief affect other aspects of Council business or affect the Borough. The Deputy is responsible for ensuring appropriate consultation with partners and the community on matters within the personal and community services brief. The Deputy will work closely with a designated Cabinet Secretary with specific responsibilities under the personal and community services brief.

Councillor John Taylor Cabinet Deputy (Personal Services)

Terms of Reference

• To have overall responsibility for;
  • general social services policy and provision
  • liaison with NHS Trusts and health authorities
  • networking of groups, elderly and children
  • learning disability service
  • home care services
  • monitoring outside contract provision of social services
  • generic services
  • development and delivery of joint care of elderly services
  • public and private sector housing strategy and provision via the Cabinet Secretary (Personal Services)
  • liaison with voluntary and community sectors including Tameside Compact
  • programmes and financial monitoring of all related services
  • and act as the Head of Personal Services.
• In consultation with the Executive Leader, to represent and act as an ambassador for the Authority.
• To represent the Council's views on matters of corporate or strategic policy and any other matters which are within the Deputy's terms of reference.
• To request or commission research and other studies on any matters of policy or service provision within these terms of reference.
• To appoint or nominate the Authority's representatives on outside bodies/organisations that fall within these terms of reference.
• To adopt and review on an annual basis the service plans for personal services covered by these terms of reference.
• To take up corporate membership of any appropriate body or organisation whose objectives are considered to be beneficial to the pursuit of the Authority's own activities.
• To take urgent decisions on matters which fall within the Deputy's terms of reference.
• To work with other Cabinet members on matters, as directed by the Executive Leader.
• To submit to the Cabinet;
  • proposals on how to agree annual budget allocations between services covered by these terms of reference 
  • recommendations in respect of strategic policy concerning matters covered by these terms of reference 
  • all responses to consultation papers, relating to these terms of reference, issued by the Government and outside organisations
  • annual estimates of expenditure and income in respect of services covered by these terms of reference
  • all policy and/or operational matters which have corporate implications or which cross the remits of other individual deputies
• To lead on energy savings and reduction in carbon emissions within the terms of reference with particular emphasis re home insulation/fuel poverty initiatives.