Adult Social Care
Case reference FOI2023/00687
Published 22 May 2023
Request
Under The Freedom of Information Act I would like to request the following information:
1. With regard to your Local Authority's fiscal situation, how much do you need to save in the next fiscal year (23/24) in order to deliver a balanced budget?
2. How many Social Worker vacancies does your Local Authority have across all of its Adult Social Care Teams as of today's date?
3. How many Locum/Agency Social Workers are current in post across all of your Adult Social Care Teams as of today's date?
4. How many people are waiting for an initial adult social care assessment from your Local Authority as of today's date?
5. How many of those currently waiting for an adult social care assessment have been waiting longer than 3 months, and how many longer than 6 months?
6. How many care plan annual reviews are outstanding across all your Adult Social Care Teams as of today's date?
7. How many of these reviews are overdue by 0 - 3 months?
8. How many of these reviews are overdue by 3 - 6 months?
9. How many of these reviews are overdue by 6 months or more?
10. How many packages of care for adults (18+ years old) is the Local Authority funding at a cost of £750 or more per week, including supported living placements, care home placements and care at home?
11. How many adult packages of care are currently joint funded between your Local Authority and the NHS?
12. How many continuing healthcare screening assessments have been completed by your Adult Social Care Teams each month over the past 12 months? For clarification, I am referring to the completion of CHC checklists.
13. What model of working do your Adult Social Care Teams currently use, i.e. 3 conversations model?
14. What case management system is currently used by your Adult Social Care Teams, i.e. Liquid Logic, Mosaic, AIS, Swift?
15. If a resident in your Local Authority area was on the waiting list for a Care Act (2014) assessment and instead of waiting for an assessment from one of your Social Workers, paid for an independent Social Worker to complete a Care Act assessment, would the Local Authority accept this as a complete assessment and arrange support as recommended in the assessment, or would a Local Authority employed Social Worker still be required to complete an assessment?
Response
Under The Freedom of Information Act I would like to request the following information:
1. With regard to your Local Authority's fiscal situation, how much do you need to save in the next fiscal year (23/24) in order to deliver a balanced budget?
As per the budget approved by Herefordshire Council on 10 February 2023, savings of £20.0m are required in 2023/24.
2. How many Social Worker vacancies does your Local Authority have across all of its Adult Social Care Teams as of today's date?
Social Worker Management vacancies - 1
Social Worker vacancies - 15.4 Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
3. How many Locum/Agency Social Workers are current in post across all of your Adult Social Care Teams as of today's date?
Locum Social Worker Managers - 3
Locum Social Workers - 12
4. How many people are waiting for an initial adult social care assessment from your Local Authority as of today's date?
72
5. How many of those currently waiting for an adult social care assessment have been waiting longer than 3 months, and how many longer than 6 months?
Waiting longer than 3 months: 0
Waiting longer than 6 months: 0
6. How many care plan annual reviews are outstanding across all your Adult Social Care Teams as of today's date?
781
7. How many of these reviews are overdue by 0 - 3 months?
276
8. How many of these reviews are overdue by 3 - 6 months?
110
9. How many of these reviews are overdue by 6 months or more?
357
10. How many packages of care for adults (18+ years old) is the Local Authority funding at a cost of £750 or more per week, including supported living placements, care home placements and care at home?
297
11. How many adult packages of care are currently joint funded between your Local Authority and the NHS?
As at 25/04/2023 - 126
12. How many continuing healthcare screening assessments have been completed by your Adult Social Care Teams each month over the past 12 months? For clarification, I am referring to the completion of CHC checklists.
04/2022 - 29
05/2022 - 44
06/2022 - 39
07/2022 - 38
08/2022 - 23
09/2022 - 33
10/2022 - 26
11/2022 - 36
12/2022 - 33
01/2023 - 42
02/2023 - 45
03/2023 - 34
13. What model of working do your Adult Social Care Teams currently use, i.e. 3 conversations model?
Herefordshire Council uses a Strengths based approach. Strengths-based approaches focus on individuals' strengths (including personal strengths and social and community networks).
14. What case management system is currently used by your Adult Social Care Teams, i.e. Liquid Logic, Mosaic, AIS, Swift?
MOSAIC
15. If a resident in your Local Authority area was on the waiting list for a Care Act (2014) assessment and instead of waiting for an assessment from one of your Social Workers, paid for an independent Social Worker to complete a Care Act assessment, would the Local Authority accept this as a complete assessment and arrange support as recommended in the assessment, or would a Local Authority employed Social Worker still be required to complete an assessment?
If you wish to look for services to provide help at home, or aids to help with living independently, but do not wish to be assessed by the council, you can find a full range of services to help with independent living in the Talk Community Directory equipment, adaptations and technology section. The Talk Community Directory can be accessed by anyone to find home help and care services.
If you are looking for help from the council with your care and support needs we will need to complete a social care assessment to establish your needs and to help identify what type of support would be most suitable to assist you. This care assessment and a financial assessment also determines if you are eligible to receive practical and financial assistance from the council. This assessment would be undertaken by a Local Authority employed social care assessor.
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