Issue - meetings

(Report of the Director of Social Services)  To update Members on proposals in relation to an end to end adaptations service.

We received this report to seek agreement for the changes to terms and conditions of staff in the new End to End Adaptations Service being established in Social Services.  Its establishment was in response to the recommendations made in the Scrutiny Review.

We noted that the new structure was intended to allow the provision of a seamless and holistic service through first contact, assessment, prescription of need, delivery of equipment and through to allocation and management of the disabilities facilities grant.  We noted that the team was to be divided into three parts: an intake team dealing with initial referrals, and adaptation team dealing with longer-term work and adaptations, and an integrated equipment store.  The restructure would also create a Head of Adaptations Service within Social Services, and recruitment and retention through the £1000 allowance to be assimilated into salaries.

RESOLVED:

1. That we note the staffing structure of the proposed new Adaptations service.
2. That we agree the previously agreed retention allowance of £1k be assimilated into the salaries of all staff who have an OT qualification.
3. That we note the report.