Primary
Responsibilities:
Statutory Designated Lead Member for Adult
Social Care & Public Health
Integrated Care System (ICS) Partnership
Health &
Wellbeing Board Chair
Liaison with the
Member responsible for Children, Education and Skills to achieve
smooth transition of young people to adulthood.
Services which support wellbeing and
independence, and tackle health inequalities so the demand for
statutory, intensive or long?term services
will be reduced.
Discharge of statutory functions under all
relevant social services legislation including adult safeguarding,
provision of information and advice, and the commissioning and
delivery of short-term reablement and long[1]term social care for:
• Older
People
• Disabled adults
• Adults with learning disabilities
• Adults with
Mental Health Needs
• Unpaid carers
• All others eligible under the relevant
legislation
Adult Social care reforms, including Care
Quality Commission assurance. Performance, quality and sufficiency
of adult social care including market shaping duty.
Collaborative commissioning and delivery
between social care and NHS partners, including Better Care Fund
(BCF) Plan and pooled budget arrangements.
Independent Complaints Advocacy Service
(ICAS).
Discharge of statutory responsibilities in
relation to public health.
Performance and delivery of public health core
services and programmes within the Public Health Grant. Sport,
leisure and physical activity strategy & delivery including
active travel and leisure services.
Provision of statutory and other public health
services, including sexual health services.
Prevention services, including NHS
Health?checks, smoking, diet, physical
activity and mental well-being. Health inequalities strategy.
Oversight of
statutory responsibilities for health protection