Decision details

The Cabinet considered an exempt report of the Director of Adults and Communities regarding the proposed development of a new target operating model for the adult social care services in Leicestershire including the expenditure required for this.  The report was not for publication by virtue of paragraphs 3 and 10 of Schedule 12(A) of the Local Government Act 1972.  A copy of the report, marked ‘12’, is filed with these minutes.

RESOLVED:

(a)      That the development of a new target operating model for adult social care services as outlined in the report be approved;

(b)      That funding be allocated as identified in paragraph 17 of the report to support the development and implementation of the target operating model, from a combination of 2018/19 in-year underspends, the future developments fund, and savings arising from the operation of the new model;

(c)      That the Director of Adults and Communities and the Director of Corporate Resources be authorised, following consultation with the Cabinet Lead Members for Adults and Communities and Resources, to appoint a suitably qualified strategic partner and to enter into such contractual arrangements with third parties and deploy such internal resources as are necessary to deliver the revised target operating model.

(KEY DECISION)

REASONS FOR DECISION:

The new target operating model will deliver enhanced outcomes for service users and improved ways of working, ensuring that the Department operates as effectively and efficiently as possible.

Identified opportunities will yield additional benefits beyond the Department’s existing transformation activities and will potentially realise service efficiencies and ongoing savings in the region of £10.45m.  This will help to safeguard the sustainability of services for the future at a time of changing need and increasing demand for adult social care.

External support is needed to provide the necessary expertise and capacity, to ensure that the maximum benefit is derived from the new model.