Decision details

The County Council has set out a vision and strategy for Adult Social Care that details the ambition for West Sussex to continue to be a great place to grow older and an inclusive place for all adults with disabilities, mental health issues and their carers. 

To support this goal, within the context of an ageing population and a challenging financial position, adult services needs to change.  Furthermore adult services needs to make progress on the requirement to achieve integrated services with the NHS.

The strategy to deliver the vision is to work at a local level and support individuals to remain outside of services for as long as possible, maximising individual strengths and local assets to support this outcome.  Reviewing customer pathways to support these goals, adopting a different approach to commissioning, changing our in-house provider offer and supporting a resilient workforce will all contribute to the delivery of this strategy. 

Working with partners and stakeholders to co-produce future delivery models and provide jointed up services is also fundamental. 

The Cabinet Member for Adults and Health has approved the Vision and Strategy for Adult Social Care included at appendix 1 of this report.

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