Agenda item

Report from the Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health.

Recommendation:

That Cabinet approve the publication of the ‘How Did We Do?’ Local Account for Adult Social Care for 2024 – 2025.  

Consideration was given to the report which presented the ‘How Did We Do?’ Local Account for Adult Social Care for 2024-2025 for publication. The Account summarised the achievements for the last 12 months and set out the priorities for the coming year. The priorities were aligned to the Council Year Ahead Delivery Plan (YADP) and the Adult Social Care Strategy (2024 – 2027). The Account also celebrated the hard work and dedication of the workforce and provided case studies to reflect the work of Adult Social Care and outcomes for residents.

Paragraph 2.1 of the report outlined the Council’s achievements within Adult Social Care which included reviews of public information for young people preparing for adulthood, vulnerable adults and unpaid carers along with the adult social care web pages. The out of hours support offer for people in crisis had been expanded and building work had started on the Castle View day centre at Canklow. A new Learning Disabilities Strategy had been launched along with a new All Age Autism Strategy.

Paragraph 2.2 of the report outlined the Council’s priorities for the year ahead which included implementing an online Adult Care Social portal, investing in new assistive technologies and seeking further opportunities to deliver services collaboratively.

The Local Account provided a view of the real and tangible impact Adult Social Care had on residents’ lives through several case studies, as well as highlighting the voice of residents through the complaints and compliments process. It also included the improvements being implemented within Services to address issues raised by residents to ensure there was a process of continual service improvement to achieve the expected standards.

It was confirmed during the meeting that the Council had been inspected by the Care Quality Commission and an announcement due in November 2025 with the results of that inspection.

Resolved:

1.    That the ‘How Did We Do?’ Local Account for Adult Social Care for 2024 – 2025 be approved for publication.