Social Services Committee

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Social Services Committee

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • Social Services Committee; 1970-1974

Description area

Dates of existence

1970-1974

History

Required by the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 , which also instigated a director of social services. A new social services department was also setup within the City of York Council with broad responsibility for social care.
Replaced the Welfareread more

Legal status

Setup for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970.

Functions, occupations and activities

Carried out the council's responsibilities for the care of children and vulnerable adults, by consolidating under a new committee. Gained functions of social work previously carried out by the Housing department, but not those carried out by the Education department.

General context

Required by the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 , which also instigated a director of social services. A new social services department was also setup within the City of York Council with broad responsibility for social care.

Relationships area

Related entity

Welfare Committee (1948-1970)

Identifier of related entity

GB0192-93

Category of relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

Welfare Committee is the predecessor of Social Services Committee

Control area

Authority record identifier

GB0192-94

Institution identifier

GB0192

Rules and/or conventions used

International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

Sources

BC 69/5, BC 70