Issue details

Adults’ in-house social care services are currently comprised of twenty one building based services, with 900 services users, 500+ staff, a county wide Shared Lives service with 90 paid carers, with a current budget of £11m.  As part of the wider change programme currently underway within the Children’s, Adults, Family, Health and Education directorate, work has been undertaken to consider how best to develop and deliver services and customer outcomes that:

• Reach people earlier and be at the heart of local communities;
• Help people access community solutions and improve their connections with others to reduce isolation and loneliness;
• Focus on need rather than customer “labels” and help people maximise their strengths to develop and maintain skills that will support independence and control;
• Emphasise the importance of being highly responsive when people are in crisis and developing a plan that helps them to regain as much independence as possible
• Contribute to sustainability in the social care market place
• Actively seek to build partnerships in the community to provide local solutions

Following extensive engagement, research and analysis and engagement with staff and service users, the Cabinet Member for Adults and Health will be asked to consider the evidence base collated (including demand predictions; external market provision; current in-house provision compared to need; cost; condition, location and current usage of buildings) and support the delivery of a proposed 5 year phased plan through three key activities:

·         Activity block 1 – Remodelling of Day Service provision and implementation of new Day Opportunity service. Years 1 to 3 – 2018-21;

·         Activity block 2 – Aligning decisions and Capital investment for residential/24hr service with strategic priorities in the Adults Commissioning plan. Year 1 – 2018-19; and

·         Activity block 3 – Commencement of implementation of a priority plan for reconfigured residential/24hr service provision.  Years 2019-22.