With the withdrawal of external inspection of the Council’s performance in Adult Social Care, there is now more emphasis on councils to manage their own performance, work collaboratively with partners to improve performance and outcomes and explain how they have performed to local residents. The Local Account has emerged as a standard feature of the new local accountability framework.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Division affected: (All Division);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 27/09/2017
Decision due: Not before 5th Oct 2017 by Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health
Reason: In order that the proposed decision can be published for a minimum of 28 days, in accordance with statutory requirements
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Public Health
Lead director: Vincent Godfrey
Department: Social Care, Health & Wellbeing
Contact: Steph Smith, Head of Performance and Analytics Tel: 03000 415501 Email: steph.smith@kent.gov.uk Tel: 01622 221796.
Consultees
The proposed decision was discussed and endorsed by the Adult Social Care Cabinet Committee on 29 September 2017. The minute of the discussion is included in the decision paperwork which the Cabinet Member has signed.
Financial implications: The proposed development of the Local Account does not include savings targets, however a key objective when developing the brochure and our user engagement approach has been the consideration of how to enhance value for money utilising wherever possible existing forums or approaches already in place across the Directorate or working in conjunction with existing partners to minimise costs. There will be a cost implication to the production and distribution of the Local Account; however these will be managed within the budget planning forecasts for the Unit, i.e. ongoing production of the Local Account.
Legal implications: There are no legal implications associated with this report.
Equalities implications: There are no equality implications associated with this report.