Purpose

To
undertake commissioning activity required to secure the provision
of a Sensory Impairment Service from April 2024.
 
Recommended Decision
 
To
award grant funding to a local voluntary and community sector
provider to provide a sensory impairment service for a period of
three years from April 2024.

Decision

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 
RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

24 October
2023.
 

Title:

Re-Commission of a
Sensory Impairment Service
 

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

Ian
Spicer
Strategic Director,
Adult Care, Housing and Public Health
 

Details of Specific Cabinet
Delegation
or Delegation contained in the
relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.
 

Appendix 9, Section
4C3, of the Council’s Constitution provides that “The
Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health is
authorised to discharge executive functions through the
commissioning and provision of social services for adults and
public health services for the whole population and delivery of
housing for the Borough, including: - (4) Strategic Commissioning;
(a) Commissioning”. 

Decision:

To enter into a
three year grant agreement with Sheffield Royal Society for the
Blind for the provision of a Sensory Impairment Service in
Rotherham.
 

Reasons for the
Decision:

Grant Terms
associated with the Council’s Sensory Impairment Service
reach their term on 31 March 2024.
 
The service makes a
positive contribution to the Council’s duty under the Care
Act 2014 to promote wellbeing and prevent, reduce and delay the
need for care.  The people who benefit
from the service are living in their own homes in the
community. 
 
The Sensory
Impairment Service offers a variety of services to enable people
with sensory impairment to achieve their optimum level of
independence. It is a preventative service and supports the Council
to divert demand away from higher cost care and support
options.
 
It also supports the
Council’s Adult Care Directorate to meet its obligations
under the Equality Act 2010 with an enhanced sensory offer above
the statutory Care Act 2014 requirements. The service is unique in
that they have a dual purpose in meeting the needs of both the deaf
and blind community and are able to meet the needs of the
deafblind.
 
The Council wishes
to continue the current arrangement with a specialist voluntary and
community sector provider for the period 1st April 2024
to 31st March 2027.
 

Details of alternative
options considered and rejected:

None
considered
 

Conflicts of interest
declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker
which relates to the decision:

No conflicts of
interest declared.

Dispensations
Granted:
(If any)

N/A
 

Reports or parts of
reports considered

None
considered.

 
I
certify that this is a true record of the executive decision to
enter into a grant agreement for the provision of a Sensory
Impairment Service in Rotherham.
 
 
Signed by the Decision Maker  
                             
Dated:  24 October 2023

Name:
Ian Spicer  
                    
Job
Title:Strategic Director of Adult
Care, Housing and Public Health