Presentation at the Community committee

1. The Care Act (2014)
Outer East Community Committee
Sukhdev Dosanjh
(Chief Officer- Adult Social Care Reforms)
Leeds City Council
27th January 2015

2. Purpose of the Session
• To provide an overview of the Care Act (2014)
• To identify concerns, issues and opportunities in Leeds
• To consider the planned Community Engagement
activities in Leeds.

3. The role of Adult Social Services through
“Better Lives” is to..
• Provide a range of services which support people (and their carers) who
need help as a result of illness, disability, old age or poverty.
• Ensure the care and safety of vulnerable adults
• Assess people’s needs to determine whether they are entitled to
support.
• Provide good support for carers.
• Help people to live in their own homes for as long as possible.
• Commission a range of services from care providers in the community
and decide what kinds of services should be provided, who should
provide them and how they should be paid for.

4. An Act about “health and wellbeing” in
Leeds…

5. What is the Care Act (2014)?
• The biggest change to adult social care services in over 60
years
• Creates one new adult social care “consolidating statute “
• Will come into effect from 1 April 2015
• Establish a care cap on lifetime care costs, care
accounts and a more generous means test will be in
place from 1 April 2016
• Places an individual’s wellbeing at the heart of social care

6. “The wellbeing principle”
• Runs through the whole act.
• Guiding principle that puts “wellbeing” at the heart of care
and support.
• Applies in all cases no exceptions.
• Requirement to work together with other public bodies
including the NHS and other services for the benefit of all
local people.

7. The key new duties
• National Minimum Eligibility Threshold- to determine what care needs will
be entitled to support from the Council
• Carers- to assess their need for support and provide services.
• Prevention- to prevent, reduce or delay the need for care and support.
• Integration- to integrate social services with local NHS partners.
• Advice and Information- to provide an information and advice for adults
including carers.
• Market Oversight & Shaping Care Markets- to promote effective and high
quality services and have regard to the sufficiency of provision.
• Personalisation- legal entitlement to personal budgets and direct payments.
• Safeguarding- statutory basis for safeguarding.

8. The ‘I’ statements
I am supported to
maintain my
independence for as
long as possible.
I understand how care
and support works,
and what my
entitlements and
responsibilities are.
I am happy with the
quality of my care and
support.
I know that the
person giving me care
and support will treat
me with dignity and
respect.
.
I am in control of my
care and support.
I have greater
certainty and peace of
mind knowing about
how much I will have
to pay for my care
and support needs.
.

9. So how will we make the Act work in Leeds?
Our principles and approach

10. Spending money wisely.
we will take a value for money approach by having the right number of staff
with the right skills and adopt simpler systems and processes

11. • ‘No wrong door’No wrong Doo
‘No wrong door’.
so that ….wherever our local people approach us, staff
provide good information and advice to promote their
wellbeing and they know where to go for help

12. Customer is at the heart…
So that… their views, wishes, and desired outcomes are always
considered

13. Informed decisions.
So that.. our local people will have enough information to decide
for themselves about how best to meet their own needs

14. Timely decisions.
We will make decisions about people’s legal entitlement to
services as quickly as possible.

15. Helping People to help themselves.
So, we will continue to support people to live for as long as
possible in their own homes

16. A well- trained workforce for the future.
We will train staff and ensure that they are equipped to do
their jobs confidently and safely

17. Use of technology.
We will continue to use technology to help us manage the
increasing and changing demands facing adult social services

18. Not without challenges…
• Timeline- 3 months to “go live” date on 1 April 2015
• Revolution v Evolution- health and wellbeing, carers, arranging
services around people’s lives
• Costs v funding – there is no new money! The Council will need to
make significant savings in 2015/16.
• HR/Workforce – training and developing critical path of workforce
design and capacity

19. Community Engagement - Approach
• Engage key stakeholders to raise awareness of the provisions
within the Care Act (2014)
• Use Existing Community Networks, engagement forums and
boards
• “Experts by experience” to help to shape and improve services;
• Consistent Leeds approach with national milestones and public
awareness programme set nationally and regionally;
• Legal compliance- meet obligations set out in the Local
Government and Public Involvement in Health Act (2007) and the
Equality Act (2010).

20. Community Engagement Activities
• 3 Care Act (2014)/Integration area events East North East,
South East and West North West. (March/April)
• National Awareness Campaign
• Stakeholder Care Act Briefings (on-going)
• Blogs
• Briefings at 3rd Sector meetings
• Advice and Information Event/s (Sept)

21. Some of the areas we may want to think about …
• National Public Awareness Campaign & Community Engagement –
managing expectations
• How do we make the most of the existing “Leeds Offer” with regard
to: 3rd sector, community networks, Citizens@Leeds, Community
Hubs, Neighbourhood Networks?
• What additional support do you need to help understand the Care
Act and help to deliver it?
• How do we improve our Adult Social Care Offer to all citizens in our
local communities?

22. Questions