Decision details

AHWB/074/2017 - Extension of Working Age Adults Review Team Contracts

Decision Maker: Assistant Director Adult Social Care and Safeguarding.

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The Business Case for the Transformation of Adult Social Care identified that Learning Disability services should embed a person centred, strengths based approach to assessment and support - promoting independence and personalised care whilst achieving value for money. It also recognised that the number and cost of care packages should be reduced in order to make savings using a strengths based assessment and utilise Care Act guidance to determine assessed, eligible unmet need. Accordingly a team of specialised social workers was established to review all those clients in receipt of a high-cost placement or package of care in order to focus on supporting individuals to have better quality of life, quality of support and cost of care.

Decision:

To request the extension of agency contrats for a period of 3 months for the Working Age Adults review team, which consists of 1 Advanced Practitioner and 3 Social Workers to allow the recruitment of fixted term contracted staff for the duration of the project.

Alternative options considered:

Consideration has been given to managing this work within the existing staff structures and resources. However, it is not possible to achieve the additional work these types of reviews command within current resources. Consequently this extension is required for a further 3 month period to 30 September 2017, in order to allow the recruitment of staff on a fixed-term contract basis to cover the duration of the rest of the project.

Publication date: 12/07/2018

Date of decision: 05/09/2017

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