Decision details

Date of Decision:

01/04/2025

Title:

Formal Consultation – Rotherham Mental Health Strategy 2026-2029

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Ian Spicer

Strategic Director of Adults, Housing & Public Health

Details of Specific Cabinet Delegation

or Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

The decision is in-line with the specific delegation from Cabinet set out within the Report Title

Adult Social Care Mental Health Review approved by Cabinet – 18 December 2023.

Recommendation from Cabinet was to produce a co-designed Mental Health Strategy which will involve a formal consultation:

Option 2: Adopt the proposed Adult Social Care Mental Health Model and co-design a Mental Health Strategy This option seeks to implement a revised mental health pathway for Adult Social Care in collaboration with partners and develop the current community support service into a hybrid model of mental health enablement and day opportunities, linked to the Voluntary and Community Sector and Social Enterprises.

Option two would also seek to co-design a Mental health Strategy for Rotherham with people with lived experience, their families, and carers, as well as partners and other key stakeholders. The strategy would be designed in 2024, post implementation of the new model, and launched in 2025, subject to Cabinet approval. This approach ensures prioritisation of the immediate issue to address the risks linked to operational delivery and compliance with statutory duties.

Decision:

Approval to conduct a 12-week formal consultation process as part of the development of the Rotherham Mental Health Strategy 2026 - 2029.

The consultation will enable all relevant stakeholders including partners, people with mental health needs, their families and carers to influence and inform the development of the strategy.

Reasons for the Decision:

The decision has been taken to develop a co-designed Mental Health Strategy via a formal consultation with people with lived experience, their families, carers as well as partners and stakeholders.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

No alternative options are considered as part of the December 2023 Cabinet decision (Cabinet Report Mental Health Review) , it was confirmed that the Strategy would need to be co-designed with people with lived experience, their families, and carers, as well as partners

and other key stakeholders. Therefor a formal consultation is required.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

N/A

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

N/A

Reports or parts of reports considered

Title: Adult Social Care Mental Health Review.

Approver: Ian Spicer, Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health

Cabinet Report Mental Health Review