Archived decisions
Hampshire County Council
Social Care Executive
7th September 2001
Adult Placement Service
Report of the Director of Social Services
Contact: Alan Hagger, extn 7063
1 Summary
This report proposes the centralisation of the Adult Placement Service, to take effect on 1st November 2001. The new service will be managed by a .5 Service Manager, Hay Grade " " with a .5 admin assistant. They will be located within the Central Supporting People team.
2 Reason
Hampshire Social Services currently run an extensive Adult Placement (AP) service for adults crossing the range of client groups. Currently all Adult Placement carers are registered as small homes under the Registered Care Homes Act.
With the implementation of Supporting People there is now an opportunity to develop a new direction for the service.
This paper and its proposals are based on the belief that Adult Placement is an important service which currently caters for well in excess of 100 people who require varying levels of service and support.
3 The Current Situation
All AP placements in Hampshire are registered. However Supporting People provides another framework for proving, funding and monitoring services.
Adult Placement is currently managed by the Area Offices, usually through Team Managers. Supporting People, alongside with the creation of the Care Standards Commission provides the opportunity to develop, implement and monitor new common standards.
4 Proposed Structure
Service Structure - a new centralised structure is created at Trafalgar House. A new Part Time Adult Placement Project Manager post, at Hay Grade F, will be created to centralise and manage the service. The post will be funded through existing AP funding. The new Project manager will be accountable to the County Supporting people Manager.
Regulation - break the automatic link between AP and registration. For many people registration is not the best form of regulation. The new Supporting People programme offers an alternative where service users are receiving support rather than care.
Future Plans - The new Project Manager will also establish the feasibility of "floating off" the AP service. Its role will then be as an independent sector provider, able to make its own way, offering a distinctive service.
5 Timetable
We propose the following timetable:
September 2001 Set up AP Steering Group
October 2001 Appointment of Project Manager
November 2001 Centralisation and installation of a new management structure
April 2002 Presentation of preferred option for externalising service
April 2003 Externalisation
RECOMMENDATIONS
We recommend that Executive Members
1 approve the approach being taken to Adult Placement in this report.
2 agrees the aggregation of existing funding to manage the Adult Placement Service
3 agrees to the creation of a new .5 Service Manager post and .5 admin assistant, to be located within the Supporting People team.
Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background papers
The following documents disclose facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report and attached appraisal
NB the list excludes
1 Published works
2 Documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act.
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