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9.1

The Strategic Commissioning Manager introduced
the report which sought approval for a Commissioning Strategy for
Emergency Overnight Short Breaks, Enhanced Care and Accommodation
(aligned to the Learning Disability Strategy and our Recovery Plan)
and Shared Lives. The report also summarised the Council’s
statutory duties and the importance of ensuring continuity for
Emergency Overnight Short Breaks, Shared Lives and Enhanced Care
and Accommodation, outlining proposals to deliver these services in
a way that meets the needs of Sheffield citizens.
 

9.2

RESOLVED
UNANIMOUSLY: That
the Adult Health and Social Care Policy
Committee:-

1.    
Notes progress in implementing the Adult Future
Options Working Age Framework.

2.    
Approves the proposal to develop an Enhanced Care
and Accommodation Framework to ensure sufficiency of provision for
Emergency Overnight Short Breaks, Supported Living and Shared Lives
in the City.

3.    
Requests that the Strategic Director of Adult Care
and Wellbeing provides the Committee with an update on progress
against the Adult Future Options delivery programme in six
months.

9.3

Reasons for
Decision

9.3.1

Increasing supply in Emergency Overnight Short Breaks, Shared
Lives Carers and Accommodation with Care is a complex programme of
work and requires a multifaceted approach, likely over several
years.

9.3.2

As a
first key step, approval is sought for a commissioning strategy to
establish an Enhanced Care Framework which can enable recruitment
to shared lives carers, a framework for emergency overnight short
breaks, a framework for accommodation with care.
 

9.4

Alternatives Considered and
Rejected

9.4.1

Do
Nothing – Doing no planned developments would not ensure
sufficiency of local provision, leading to poor outcomes for the
individual and their families. Failure to increase the supply of
local emergency overnight short breaks will increase the
considerable distress such emergency situations cause and the
long-term impact on both the individual’s health and
wellbeing as well as exacerbating carer stress. In addition, Adult
Care would require relying on commissioning costly options via a
direct award, delivered by specialist crisis providers due to their
urgency and complexity. This would pose an ongoing a challenge due
to the availability of very few specialist providers in the local
market and may also lead to out of area placements.
 

 

Undertake A
Commissioning Strategy Without Engagement – It is likely
taking a direct approach without the involvement of individuals,
carers, providers would not enable personalised solutions to be
coproduced.