Cases Sub-committee - 08/02/2011

At a MEETING of the CASES SUB-COMMITTEE of the SOCIAL WORK AND HEALTH COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 8th February 2011.

 

Present:-

 

Councillor Jim BARRIE

Bailie Helen WRIGHT

Councillor Dave BOWES

 

Councillor Jim BARRIE, Convener, in the Chair.

 

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

 

The Convener agreed that the undernoted items of business be considered as a matter or urgency in terms of Standing Order No 17(b) in view of the timescales involved.

 

The Sub-Committee resolved under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the undernoted items of business on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act.

 

I PURCHASE OF PLACEMENT WHICH EXCEEDS THE APPROVED NATIONAL CARE HOME RATE

 

There was submitted Report No 104-2011 by the Director of Social Work requesting approval for funding for additional services required to support one service user at his present home.

 

The Sub-Committee agreed that the placement be funded on a permanent basis to facilitate the service user returning to his home from an acute hospital setting as outlined in the report.

 

II PURCHASE OF PLACEMENT WHICH EXCEEDS THE APPROVED NATIONAL CARE HOME RATE

 

There was submitted Report No 105-2011 by the Director of Social Work requesting approval for funding for services required to support one service user in a tenancy supported by the organisation named in the report.

 

The Sub-Committee agreed that the placement be funded on a permanent basis to facilitate the service user moving to his own home from a residential resource.

 

III PURCHASE OF PLACEMENT WHICH EXCEEDS THE APPROVED NATIONAL CARE HOME RATE

 

There was submitted Report No 106-2011 by the Director of Social Work requesting approval of funding for one service user to receive 24/7 supported accommodation.

 

The Sub-Committee agreed that the placement be funded on a permanent basis to facilitate the service user to be supported within her own tenancy by specialised staff.

 

IV PURCHASE OF PLACEMENT WHICH EXCEEDS THE APPROVED NATIONAL CARE HOME RATE

 

There was submitted Report No 107-2011 by the Director of Social Work requesting approval of funding for one service user to resume his placement at the facility named in the report.

 

The Sub-Committee agreed that the placement be funded for the service user to resume his education, care and support at the facility as outlined in the report.

 

V PURCHASE OF PLACEMENT WHICH EXCEEDS THE APPROVED NATIONAL CARE HOME RATE

 

There was submitted Report No 108-2011 by the Director of Social Work requesting approval for funding for one service user to receive a 24/7 specialised service at the facility named in the report.

 

The Sub-Committee agreed that the placement be funded at the facility on a permanent basis to facilitate the service user in specialised supported accommodation allowing him to be discharged from an acute hospital setting.

 

 

 

 

Jim BARRIE, Convener.