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13.1
 
 
 
 
 
13.2
 
 
 
 
13.3
 
 
13.4

The Committee considered a
report of the Strategic Director of Adult Care and Wellbeing which
summarised the Council’s statutory duties and set out the
importance of ensuring continuity of Emergency Overnight Short
Breaks (EONSB) services, and the proposals to deliver those in a
way which met the needs of the people of Sheffield.
 
The report also set out the
approach to the development of Emergency Overnight Short Breaks
provision for the City and the implementation of an Emergency
Overnight Short Breaks review group to co-produce the development
of short breaks in the City.
 
The Chair asked that reference
to Council be removed from the Recommendations, as the report would
not be approved at full Council. 
 
RESOLVED
UNANIMOUSLY: That the Adult Health and
Social Care Policy Committee:-
 
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Approves the proposal to develop both Sheffield City
Council and Commissioned Services to ensure sufficiency of
Emergency Overnight Short breaks arrangements in the City.
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Notes that a Commissioning Strategy for the
Commissioning of Emergency Overnight Short Breaks will be brought
to Committee in March 2024 following soft market testing between
December 2023 and February 2024
 

13.5    Reasons for
Decision
 
13.5.1 Increasing supply in EONSB is a
complex programme of work and requires a multifaceted approach,
likely over a number of years. A combination of options will be
explored to potentially provide short/medium- and longer-term
solutions.
 
13.5.2  Market sustainability,
alongside the Care Governance Strategy, and the Care Quality
Framework are key to the delivery of the Council’s statutory
responsibilities for Adult Social Care including the following
outcomes for the people of Sheffield:
 
• promotion of wellbeing
• protection of (safeguarding) adults at risk of abuse or
neglect
• preventing the need for care and support
• promoting integration of care and support with health
services
• providing information and advice
• promoting diversity and quality in providing
services
 
13.6     Alternatives
Considered and Rejected
 
The
options considered are: -
 
• Do Nothing – Doing no planned developments would
not ensure sufficiency of local provision, leading to poor outcomes
for the individual and their families, increasing the considerable
distress such emergency situations cause. In addition, Adult Care
would require relying on commissioning costly options via a direct
payment or via a direct award, delivered by specialist crisis
providers due to their urgency and complexity. This would pose an
ongoing a challenge due to the availability of very few specialist
providers in the local market.
 
• Undertake A Commissioning Strategy Without Engagement
– It is likely taking a direct approach would not enable the
coproduction with individuals, carers, providers of personalised
solutions required.