Social Care Redesign
The Committee has received a number of updates on the redesign of Adult Social Care and a verbal update on the current position will be made at the meeting.
Minutes:
Phil Lloyd briefed the Committee on the current position with Social Care Redesign. He reported that many people were now receiving direct payments and during the recent severe weather conditions all care arrangements had been maintained.
Provider services in Adult Social Care had been renamed as Care Force and developed as a separate entity. The focus was on reablement to increase independence in the longer term for people with complex conditions.
A Safeguarding Board had been established and a Chairman appointed.
There was an increasing move towards co-location of services and Local Independent Living Teams were being established.
An increasing area of work was with people with dementia and specific staff training was underway.
There was investment in IT infrastructure and an area for development was to work on preventative services.
The number of personal budgets had increased by 190% (although this was from a low base).
If any local Councils wanted to have a briefing on the Redesign officers would be happy to facilitate this.
A manager was currently considering how the Council would implement the National Dementia Strategy and this would include looking at the role of carers.
RESOLVED: that the update be noted and a briefing on implementing the National Dementia Strategy be made to the mid point meeting.