Decision Maker: Director of Improvement Adults, Health and Wellbeing
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The Adults, Health and Wellbeing (AHWB)
directorate vision is for people in Doncaster to live in the place
they call home with the people and things that they love, in
communities where they look out for one another, doing the things
that matter to them. To help us achieve this vision, we need to
invest in developing practice to ensure our ways of working adhere
to national legislation, policy and best practice, and are shaped
by local people with lived experience of seeking and drawing on
support.
The Practice Development Team is an important resource with a wide
remit, including shaping the vision and purpose of the directorate,
ensuring our vision is at the heart of all we do, developing an
authentic approach to coproduction, and supporting AHWB staff by
developing clear principles and practice guidance, offering ongoing
support to embed and develop the new Mosaic case management system
and removing as much bureaucracy as possible to make things better
for us and better for the people we serve.
It is particularly relevant that a proportion of the reserve
earmarked for transformational projects in Social Care is earmarked
for this purpose, as the team will play a key role in ensuring
improved experience and outcomes for people in Doncaster and
increased morale and job satisfaction for our own staff, which will
in turn have a positive impact on our budget.
To agree the funding for three temporary posts
in Adults, Health and Wellbeing from the transformational projects
in Social Care earmarked reserve:
• 1 x Strategic Lead for Practice Development – Grade 12
– FTE – Temporary until 31 March 2023
• 2 x Subject Matter Experts – Grade 9 – FTE
– Temporary until 31 March 2022
ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND
REJECTED
Not funding these posts will delay successful embedding of improved
practice after Mosaic implementation and will significantly affect
the Council’s ability both to improve outcomes and value for
money. The latter will result in greater funding pressures because
of an insufficient shift into prevention. It will also affect
savings programmes based on new practice approaches that lessen
reliance on traditional services.
Publication date: 13/10/2021
Date of decision: 27/07/2021
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