Agenda and decisions

Adult Services, Health and Wellbeing Lead Member Briefing - Wednesday, 17 November 2021 2.00 pm

Venue: Microsoft Teams Meeting. View directions

Contact: Mike McHugh, Senior Democratic Services Advisor Email: mike.mchugh@salford.gov.uk

Items

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Item

Apologies for absence.

Declarations of interest.

Items for Decision (Part 1 - Open to the Public):

Decision:

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I Councillor John Merry, in exercise of the powers contained within the City Council Constitution do hereby approve:

the allocation of circa £294k per annum from Salford City Council’s Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) allocation to go towards additional staffing within the service to further maximise the benefit of the DFG

the use of discretionary powers to apply an increase of £50k to the overall contribution the Council makes to the DFG, lifting the maximum contribution of the Council to £80k.

The Reasons are:

This approval will support the proposal to further enhance the benefits of the DFG.

Options considered and rejected were:

Not to implement the changes.

Assessment of Risk:

	Risk	Likelihood	Impact
1.	Waiting list pressure due to having insufficient staffing	High	High
2.	Loss of DFG underspend due to insufficient staffing allowing the council to spend the grant	Medium	High
3.	Reduction in future DFG allocation due to reduction in spend because of the risks outlined in 1 and 2	Medium	High
4.	Pressure on the current staff team resulting in low morale and a negative impact on staff health and wellbeing	High	High
5.	Individuals require additional support from other areas across the wider system resulting in further collective spend per case.	High	High

The source of funding is:

Salford City Council’s Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG)

Legal Advice obtained: Yes

Financial Advice obtained: Yes

Procurement Advice obtained:

N/A

HR Advice obtained:

N/A

Climate Change Advice obtained:

N/A

Contact Officer: Paul Wash

Telephone number: 0161 212 4844

- This decision is not subject to consideration by another Lead Member.

- The appropriate scrutiny panel to call-in the decision is the Health and Social Care Scrutiny Panel

Signed: J D Merry Dated: 18 November 2021

Deputy City Mayor and

Lead Member

For Democratic Services use only

This decision was published on 18 November 2021

This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 25 November 2021 unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.

Exclusion of the Public.

Items for Decision (Part 2 - Closed to the Public): No items.