Social Services Committee

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Social Services Committee

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Social Services Committee; 1970-1974

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      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 Welfare Committee (1948-1970) (with an overlap of two months). See also Director of Social Services.

      Places

      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.

      Mandates/sources of authority

      Internal structures/genealogy

      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

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Occupations

      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

      Status

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

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          Sources

          BC 69/5, BC 70

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