Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Adult Social Services on ongoing work in developing and implementing self directed support, a key element of the Putting People First agenda around increasing choice and control for service users and on proposals for the adoption of new assessment and care management processes to enable new customers to be offered  a personal budget  from August 2010.

The Director of Adult Social Services submitted a report on ongoing work in developing and implementing self directed support, a key element of the Putting People First agenda around increasing choice and control for service users and on proposals for the adoption of new assessment and care management processes to enable new customers to be offered  a personal budget  from August 2010.

RESOLVED –

a)   That the Board notes the good progress made in Leeds ,towards the development of a more personalised system of social care through the Self Directed Support project and other initiatives, having met and  exceeded the Government Office target for SDS for 2009/10.

b)   That the Board acknowledges the scale and scope of the transformation agenda, the challenge it represents and endorses the approach taken in Leeds to deliver successful change and roll out the SDS model to existing and new service users.

c)   That the Board notes the impact SDS will have on existing service provision including directly provided services and commissioned services in Leeds, and the need to accelerate the transformation of these services to meet the challenges and impact of personalisation and customer choice.

d)   That further progress reports be brought to this Board in support of the continuing direct engagement of elected members in these developments,  together with member involvement in workshops, seminars and conferences.

e)   That the adoption of new business processes from July 2010, that will enable all new customers and those requesting reassessment following a review to be offered a Personal Budget, be endorsed.