Ministerial Responsibilities: Health and Social Services Department.

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A decision made (19/10/2007) regarding: Ministerial Responsibilities: Health and Social Services Department.

Decision Reference: MD-H SS-2007-0064
Decision Summary Title :	Ministerial Responsibilities: Assistant Minister for H&SS		Date of Decision Summary:	8 October 2007
Decision Summary Author:	Richard L Jouault Deputy Chief Executive		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Ministerial Responsibilities		Date of Written Report:	9 October 2007
Written Report Author:	Richard L Jouault		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	public
Subject: Ministerial Responsibilities: Health and Social Services Department
Decision(s): The Minister delegated responsibility for the Social Services Department to the Assistant Minister for Health and Social Services Department.
Reason(s) for Decision: Whilst the Minister for Health and Social Services Department will maintain responsibility for the whole H&SS department a more even distribution of workload will be achieved by assigning special responsibility for Social Services to the Assistant Minister.
Resource Implications: None
Action required: The CEO to notify the Chief Ministers Department of the above decision. In accordance with Article 30 of the States of Jersey Law, the Decision will be presented to the States and tabled at the next available States sitting.
Signature:		Position: Minister H&SS
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed): 10 October 2007

Ministerial Responsibilities: Health and Social Services Department.

Health and Social Services Department Report

Ministerial Responsibilities

The Health and Social Services Department is the largest States Department with a revenue budget in excess of £140M and employs over 2140 fte. Given this wide portfolio of services it is appropriate to delegate some aspects of that portfolio formally to Senator James Perchard, Assistant Minister for Health and Social Services.

Accordingly, the Assistant Minister will have political accountability for:

The performance of the Social Services Department against agreed plans, its conformance to relevant processionals standards and the effectiveness of its governance arrangements

The contribution which Social Services make to the tasks, activities and responsibilities which are discharged through multi-Departmental and multi-agency working.

Ensuring that the work and the contribution of the Social Services Department continues to be fully integrated with the health services of the overall Department at all levels.

Fulfilling the Corporate Parent role in relation to the Children’s Executive Service, liaising with the Ministers of Home Affairs and Education, Sport and Culture as appropriate.

This delegated function is with immediate effect.

Mike Pollard

Chief Executive

9 October 2007