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Report of the Director of Older People and Head of Transformation

The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Older People and the Head of Transformation which provided details of the Adult Social Care Change Programme which aimed to develop a model for Sefton Council’s Adult Social Care (ASC) that was sustainable, modern and flexible, in the delivery of the four strategic priorities set out in the ASC Strategic plan 2013-20:

The strategic plan highlighted the Council’s commitment to safeguarding;

how the Council would focus resources on the most vulnerable; the need to work with our partners and the community; and the development of the market to deliver the required change.

Decision Made:

That:

(1)       it be noted that the changes associated with the Care Bill would be managed within the Adult Social Care Change Programme;

(2)       it be noted that £900,000, transferred from Health under Section 256 National Health Service Act 2006, would be invested to support the delivery of the new reablement pathway and increase the number of people being offered the benefit of reablement services;

(3)       officers be authorised to negotiate with New Directions the required variation in contract, subject to appropriate dialogue, so that the implementation of a payment by results arrangement for reablement activity would run in parallel to notice on the existing block contract arrangement:

(4)       the decision making process associated with respite be noted and officers be authorised to negotiate with New Directions the required variation in contract, subject to appropriate dialogue, so that when appropriate the new ways of working and associated commissioning would run in parallel to notice on the existing block contract arrangement;

(5)       the resource allocated to the delivery of the change programme be continued for a further 12 months from the Modernisation Fund;

(6)       the financial and other risks to the Council be noted;

(7)       the ongong consultation be noted and where appropriate, approval be given to commencement of consultation and engagement processes with service users, the community, partners, providers, key stakeholders, employees and Trade Unions;

(8)       officers be authorised to consult with care home providers on appropriate proposals for setting the Council’s Usual Cost of Care, within the context and constraints of available resources, as set out in the Medium Term Financial Plan and as agreed with the Council’s Section 151 Officer;

(9)       the Cabinet Member - Older People and Health be granted delegated authority to set the Council’s Usual Cost for 2013/14 and 2014/15 within the context and constraints of available resources, as set out in the Medium Term Financial Plan and as agreed with the Council’s Section 151 Officer, following conclusion of the consultation process

(10)     approval be given to the virement of £1.056m from the Housing Related Support budget to the Community Care budget, with effect from April 2014

(11)     the Contracts Procedure Rules be waived and approval given to the extension of existing Housing Related Support Contracts, for between 3-9 months (dependent upon the particular service and where a service is within the scope of another Council review, the timeline for that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 104