Issue - meetings

Supporting the recruitment, retention and valuing the contribution of social care staff in Kirklees this Winter

Meeting: 14/12/2021 - Cabinet (Item 17:)

17: Supporting the recruitment, retention and valuing the contribution of social care staff in Kirklees this Winter pdf icon PDF 202 KB

To consider using funding from the NHS to support the adult social care sector.

 

Wards affected: all wards

 

Contact: Richard Parry – Strategic Director for Adults and Health

Decision:

1)    That approval be given to use the available NHS funding to bring forward the benefits of the uplift in the National Living Wage due on the 1 April 2022 for the lowest paid care workers in domiciliary, residential, and nursing care homes for adult across Kirklees to ensure all staff are receiving at least the 2022 National Living wage rate from 1 December 2021 at the latest.

2)    That authority be delegated to the Director of Adults and Health, in consultation with the Section 151 officer and the Cabinet member for Adults and Health, to design an appropriate approach to utilising short-term funding to support the adult social care sector over this Winter.