Agenda item

Report of the Assistant Director, Adults

The Assistant Director, Adult Services, submitted a report (previously circulated) to provide Members with performance data against key performance indicators for Quarter 2 of 2024-25.

The submitted report provided performance information in line with an indicator set and Scrutiny Committee distribution agreed by the Monitoring and Coordination Group on 4 June 2018, and subsequently agreed by Scrutiny Committee Chairs. It was stated that the indicators were aligned with key priorities. Twelve indicators were reported to this Committee, and the performance of eight of the twelve indicators as at the end of Quarter 2 2024/25, were reported on.

It was reported that, of the eight indicators reported at this point, two of the indicators showed performance better than at this time last year (ASC002 and ASC003); two indicators were comparable with the same time last year (ASC019 and ASC050); one indicator showed a lower performance than at this time last year (ASC049), and three of the indicators were not comparable and were reviewed at a point in time (ASC208, ASC209 and ASC211).  

It was reported that the two indicators recorded annually (ASC054 - The proportion of people who use Adult Care services who find it easy to find information about services – and ASC055 - The proportion of people who are carers who find it easy to find information about services) were not included within the report as the 2023-24 results would be released towards the end of the year, and would appear in the 2024-25 Quarter 3 Scrutiny report.

Discussion ensued on younger adults residing in older persons settings, the use of personal assistants to help those wishing to undertake self-directed care and payments and how this could be better promoted, and the reasoning why ASC045 (Proportion of adults with a learning disability who live in their own home or with their family) and ASC046 (Proportion of adults with learning disabilities in paid employment) were no longer reported on.

The Chair reported that he had recently contacted Darlington Association on Disability (D.A.D) with a view to extending an invitation for a representative to attend a meeting in the new Municipal Year and provide an overview of the support that the organisation provides, and a further discussion ensued on the cost effectiveness of direct payments compared to commissioned services.

RESOLVED – That the performance information provided within the submitted report be noted.