Decision details

To continue service provision under existing contracts for the following community support services:

a)     Housing Related Support (HRS), including services for:

o    Older Persons Housing Related Support and Community Alarms

o    People with Learning and/or Physical Disabilities

o    Home Improvement Agencies

People with Mental Health Needs; (Homelessness and Offenders)

b)   Homecare

c)     Supporting Independence Service (SIS)

It was originally envisaged that all three services would be included in one decision but, owing to timing issues, the Housing Related Support element (Part (a)) was taken 22/03/2017 with parts (b) and (c) to follow before June 2017.

Given the freedoms set out in the Care Act 2014, since these contracts started, and the Council’s strategy for adult social care, ‘Your Life Your Wellbeing’, there is now an opportunity to move to greater integration with health services. To achieve this, it is desirable to extend these services’ contracts to a single end date.

This will help achieve the corporate objectives of:

·               Strategic Outcome

·               Older and vulnerable residents are safe and supported with choices to live independently

Supporting Outcomes

·               Those with long term conditions are supported to manage their conditions through access to good quality care and support

·               People with mental health issues and dementia are assessed and treated earlier and are supported to live well

·               Families and carers of vulnerable and older people have access to the advice, information and support they need

·               Older and vulnerable residents feel socially included

·               More people receive quality care at home avoiding unnecessary admissions to hospital and care homes

·               The health and social care system works together to deliver high quality community services

·               Residents have greater choice and control over the health and social care services they receive

Your Life Your Wellbeing - providing the strategic direction to move towards full integration with the NHS by 2020.                  

17/00030 (b) - Community Support Services – Homecare contract continuation or variation through mutual negotiation

As Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, I agree to:

a) continue, for some contracted providers, service provision on the existing terms and conditions through to 31 May 2019 and for other contracted providers where mutual negotiation can be agreed, to award varied interim contracts through to 31 May 2019;

b) delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Social Care, Health and Wellbeing, or other nominated officer, to undertake the necessary actions to implement the decision; and

c) authorise officers to commence market engagement in readiness for the full procurement process, where required.

17/00030 (c) - Community Support Services – Supporting Independence Service contract continuation or variation through mutual negotiation

As Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, I agree to:

a) continue service provision on the existing, or varied, terms and conditions through to 31 May 2019 and for other contracted providers where mutual negotiation can be agreed, to award varied interim contracts through to 31 May 2019;

b) delegateauthority to the Corporate Director of Social Care, Health and Wellbeing, or other nominated officer, to undertake the necessary actions to implement the decision; and

c) authoriseofficers to commence market engagement in readiness for the full procurement process, where required.