Decision Maker: Director of Public Health
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Well Doncaster is a community based project
seeking to improve health. We have trialled generalist advice over
the last 12 months through an existing service with Citizens Advice
and activity shows there is a clear need in the community and would
be a step to mitigate the effects of welfare reform in one of our
most vulnerable communities.
To add to the core grant for Mexborough
Citizen Advice in order to continue provision of generalist advice
in Denaby through 2017/18. An ODR was approved last week with the
rationale that the Denaby outreach would be phased into the Borough
wide tender that was to be in place this year. This tender has now
been delayed to 2018/19 so provision in Denaby will continue
through the grant with a reduction in the contract hours from 8
hours per week to 5. The on-going costs per quarter come to
£2048.56 and the cost for the year will be £8194.24
which will be added to the core grant. The funding to bridge to
March 2018 will be provided from the budget for Well
Doncaster.
The project could discontinue generalist
advice and signpost people to the provision in Mexborough. However,
we know that the majority of people accessing the new provision did
not previously access this in Mexborough.
Publication date: 16/03/2018
Date of decision: 06/04/2017
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