Issue - meetings
Modernisation of Direct Services
Meeting: 26/07/2010 - Executive (Item 12)
12 Modernisation of Direct Services PDF 98 KB
The Direct Services Review is part of Adult Social Care Transformation. The Day Opportunities Strategy has been developed through this review. The Strategy aims to improve the provision of direct services provided by the Council to vulnerable people and provide better value for money. The report identifies the need to consult on the strategy with service users, carers and stakeholders. The report also highlights the immediate problems with Stonebridge day centre. The day centre is no longer fit for purpose and requires £150,000 immediate structural repair work followed by an ongoing programme of remedial work.
Additional documents:
Decision:
(i) that approval be given to the consultation on the Day Opportunities Strategy, this to include a review of all buildings accommodating directly provided adult social care services, and is intended to lead to their modernisation and transformation;
(ii) that the issues relating to Stonebridge be noted and that options for addressing these issues will be discussed as part of the consultation.
Minutes:
The report from the Director of Housing and Community Care identified the need to consult with service users, carers and stakeholders on the Day Opportunities Strategy, developed through the Direct Services Review as part of Adult Social Care Transformation. The Strategy aimed to improve the provision of direct services provided by the council to vulnerable people and provide better value for money. Councillor R in introducing the report also referred to the immediate problems with Stonebridge day centre. The day centre was no longer fit for purpose and required £150,000 immediate structural repair work followed by an ongoing programme of remedial work. Consultation would be taking place on options for relocation. Consideration would also be given to the services to be provided out of the proposed new day centre premises on the John Billam playing fields site.
RESOLVED:-
(i) that approval be given to the consultation on the Day Opportunities Strategy, this to include a review of all buildings accommodating directly provided adult social care services, and is intended to lead to their modernisation and transformation;
(ii) that the issues relating to Stonebridge be noted and that options for addressing these issues will be discussed as part of the consultation.