Minutes:
The Board
considered a report of the Strategic Director, People, on a new approach to the
delivery of the Adult Placement Service in Halton, called Shared Lives.
The
Board was advised that Shared Lives offered people an alternative and highly flexible
form of accommodation and/or care or support. The care and accommodation was
provided by individuals, couples or families in the local community. Shared
Lives schemes were an alternative to traditional kinds of care, such as care
homes.
It
was noted that the funding model set out in the report, was based on guidance
and was designed to ensure that Shared Lives Carers providing long term
accommodation and support, were fairly and appropriately remunerated so as to
ensure service sustainability.
RESOLVED: That the Board
1)
notes the contents of
the report; and
2)
approves the proposed scheme.