Agenda item

Report of the Cabinet Member for Adult Services, seeking to revise the Adult Social Care Non-Residential Services Policy, attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 12/13 9136)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member forAdult Services and having received representations from a Member of Council, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To approve changes to the non residential care contributions policy for adult social care as set out in Appendix 1.

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Senior Manager: Safeguarding Adults, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Care and the Head of Legal, HR and Democratic Services to review the format and content of the current non-residential care contributions policy for adult social care, to make any textual, formatting or administrative or other minor changes required to update the policy, give effect to recommendation 1 above and ensure it is fit for purpose for 2013 and beyond.

(iii)  To delegate authority to the Executive Director for Adult Social Care to determine which ‘one off’ services should be included within the Policy as chargeable services and to determine the scale of fees and charges to be applied for these services (Proposal 10 in Appendix 1 – changes to Policy).

(iv)  To note that recommendation 2 above does not extend to making any major or substantive changes to either the services to be provided under the policy or the charges to be applied to any such service, Such matters would require reference to Cabinet for determination following appropriate public consultation.