Decision details

The Care Act 2014 requires the Council to ensure that carers are supported to maintain their well-being achieve outcomes that matter to the carer and enable the carer to continue to care for as long as they are willing and able. Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities have a responsibility to assess a carer’s needs for support where the carer appears to have such needs.

Going forward there needs to be an approach in place whereby the focus is on family stepping in when the carer experiences a crisis or if known to the Council and are in receipt of short breaks vouchers that they are utilised. If the person is not known to the Council then on application for the scheme the family identify a care provider who will provide replacement care. This approach going forward is consistent with other Local Authorities.
In order to progress this work in a planned way and being mindful of working with carers, social care teams and other partners, the current provider Age UK Doncaster should be commissioned to provide an on call service and respond as required when a card is activated from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019. A CPR Waiver has been agreed for 12 months only.

To agree fro Age Uk to continue to deliver an on call and response service for the Carers Emergency Card Scheme and its activations to march 2019.

it is recommended that AGE UK continue to deliver an on call and response service for the Carers Emergency Card Scheme and its activations to March 2019.