Issue details

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

 

 

To approve the use of funding the Council will receive from the NHS to support the adult social care sector this Winter and seek approval for the Director of Adults and Health to have a delegated authority, in consultation with the Section 151 officer and the Cabinet member for Adults and Health, to design an appropriate approach to utilising this and other short-term funding to support the adult social care sector.

 

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Expenditure>£500,000 and affects2 or more wards;

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 06/12/2021

Decision due: 14 Dec 2021 by Cabinet

Lead member: Councillor Musarrat Khan musarrat.khan@kirklees.gov.uk

Lead director: Strategic Director for Adults and Health

Contact: Phil Longworth 01484 221000 Email: phil.longworth@kirklees.gov.uk.

Consultation process

Bringing forward the proposed uplift of the National Living Wage has widespread support amongst local NHS partners and has been discussed through a variety of West Yorkshire Integrated Care System structures.

In Kirklees the Kirklees Care Association (care homes) and Domiciliary Care Registered Managers Network have all highlighted the need to improve the basic pay of front-line care workers to support recruitment and retentions, and the sense of staff being valued by the health and care system.

The proposal is also due to be discussed at the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Board meeting on the 7th December

Consultees

Kirklees Care Association

Kirklees Domiciliary Care Registered Managers Network

West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Board

Members/Officers Involved: Cllr M Khan, Portfolio Holder Health and Social Care Cllr E Smaje, Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee Richard Parry, Strategic Director for Adults & Health

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