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  • Agenda item
  • Agenda item

    Verbal Updates by Cabinet Member and Corporate Director

    To receive verbal updates from the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and the Corporate Director of Adult Social Care and Health.

     

    Minutes:

    1.          Graham Gibbens (Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health) gave a verbal update on the following issues:

     

    a)    Sustainability and Transformation Partnership – Key Developments Simon Perks, former Canterbury and Coastal Clinical Commissioning Group's Accountable Officer, had been appointed as Director for System Transformation. He would be undertaking work to develop an integrated commissioning and one Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group. In relation to the Winter Pressure Plan for Kent and Medway, Ivor Duffy had been appointed as the Operations Manager. The Kent and Medway care record was in the process of moving to phase 2 of the project. This would be a new umbrella database which would draw information from all resisting systems and ensure that the information was available to everyone that needed it. Two ‘deep dives’ would be taking place throughout November and December 2018 in relation to Local Care which would review the current plans. The CCGs had confirmed that £32 million would be spent on supporting local care and there would be more accountability on local implementation through the Senior Leadership Group which was chaired by the Leader of the Council.

     

    b)   Recent Events

    (i)   On 8 October 2018, a local authority ‘round table’ event on Integrated Care Providers had taken place which provided local authorities with the opportunity to compare experience, issues and successes in relation to integrated care

     

    (ii)  World Mental Health Day had taken place on 10 October 2018, Mr Gibbens had visited the early discharge team at Priority House to support good mental health in and out of the workplace.

     

    (iii)         Mr Gibbens had attended the National Children and Adult Services Conference in November. This event was aimed at all those from local and central government, voluntary organisations and the private sector with an interest in the provision of effective services for children, young people, their families and vulnerable adults, including health, social care and education.

     

    (iv)         Mr Gibbens referred to a Public Health session in Southwark which he had attended. This had been led by the Director of Public Health.

     

    (v)  On 22 October, Mr Gibbens had attended Guru Nanak and Milan Day Centres 25th Anniversary in Gravesend. Kent County Council were working with the community to seek ways in which Dartford and Gravesend’s communities could be better supported.

     

    2.          In response to a question, Mr Gibbens and Ms Frazer confirmed that the Local Care deep dives would take place on 23 November and 11 December 2018.

     

    3.          Mr Gibbens and Ms Maynard answered questions of clarification from Members of the Committee in relation to Allied Healthcare contracts.

     

    4.          Penny Southern (Corporate Director of Adult Social Care and Health) gave a verbal update on the following issues:

     

    a)    The Future of Adult Social Care and Health

    A Staff Engagement Day had taken place on 23 November in Ashford to celebrate the transition into Kent’s new operating model. Over 300 members of staff had attended, and the event had been very positive and uplifting.

     

    b)   Staff Survey
    2,472 staff within Adult Social Care and Health had completed the Staff Survey. Mrs Southern said that the survey provided all of the staff within Kent County Council with the opportunity to voice their opinions. Human Resources were analysing the results of the survey which would be fed back to future Cabinet Committee meetings to ensure that success was celebrated, and challenges were addressed.

     

    c)    ‘Because of You’ Staff Award
    The Because of You staff award had been presented to Kent County Council’s fostering placement team on 14 November 2018. The Chairman of Kent County Council, Mr Angell, had commended their outstanding work and presented each member of the team with a certificate, trophy and hamper.

     

    d)   British Association for Supported Employment Awards
    The British Association for Supported Employment Awards, which recognised and celebrated outstanding practice in the field of supported employment in the United Kingdom had been held on the 27th November 2018. Mr Mitchell (Kent Supported Employment) had been awarded Practitioner of the Year.

     

    e)    Social Worker of the Year Awards
    The Social Worker of the Year Awards, which recognised and celebrated the achievements of social workers, promoted social work and incentivised individuals and teams in the social work profession to achieve excellence, would take place on 30 November 2018. Kerri Davies, a Care Manager based in Brook House, had been nominated for Newly Qualified Social Worker of the Year and had been invited to attend an exclusive ceremony in London in recognition of her professionalism and hard work.

     

    5.          Mrs Southern responded to a question in relation to the awaited staff survey feedback, which was still in the process of being collated by Human Resources.

     

    6.          RESOLVED that the verbal updates be noted.

     

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