Purpose

Adult
Social Care is proposing to implement admin fees for adults who
fully fund their care. This would apply to adults who have been
financially assessed as having sufficient capital to be able to pay
for their care themselves, under section 17 of the Care Act, and
have requested that ESCC broker this care on their behalf. The
proposed fees would offset set-up costs and invoicing charges that
the Council incurs when setting up this care, as per section 14 of
the Care Act. Local Authorities have the power to “apply an
administration to cover its costs” in this way under Section
8.15 of the Care and Support Statutory guidance (CASS). Charges of
this type are used by many other Local Authorities. The proposal is
one of a number that the department is exploring to help close the
Council’s funding gap. The Lead member will be asked to
decide whether this work can proceed to a public consultation.