Issue details
Independent Living Fund
PDF 82 KBThe Independent Living Fund is transferring across to the Local Authority from 1st July 2015. This means the Local Authority will now be responsible for administering this additional funding to current ESCW service users. The Education, Social Care and Wellbeing Directorate Management Team have agreed to ring fence this money in 2015/16 to support existing ILF clients who care will be solely transferred to the Local Authority for one year until they are mainstreamed into LBTH Adult Social Care.
The Commissioners are asked:
1.Note the process by which ILF clients will be transferred to LBTH Adult Social Care and determine whether the allocation of this money to ILF clients in 2015/16 is fit for purpose
2.Entrust the Corporate Director to make these grants
Decision type: Key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 15/05/2015
This decision will be taken under urgency procedures.
Reason for urgency:
Once the current ILF service users have been transferred to the Local Authority on 1st July 2015 the allocation of this money to them during 2015/16 will involve the grant process and as such the ESCW DMT would like it put this before the Government appointed Commissioners to ensure the allocation of this money to the transferred ILF clients in 2015/16 is fit for purpose and to entrust the Corporate director to make these grants.
With no meeting of the Commissioners currently scheduled for June, and transitional arrangements needed to be confirmed before the 1st July transfer date this decision will need to be agreed at the May 27th meeting and as such it is not possible to provide 28 clear days’ notice and also why the decision cannot be delayed to allow 28 days from the publication of this notice.
[Full Details provided on the Decision Notice PDF]
Decision due: 27 May 15 by Commissioners' Decision Making Meeting
Lead director: Corporate Director, Education, Social Care and Wellbeing
Department: Education, Social Care and Wellbeing
Contact: Robert McCulloch-Graham, (Corporate Director, Children's Services) Email: robert.mcculloch-graham@towerhamlets.gov.uk.
Consultation process
None
Consultees
None
Has an Equality Analysis been carried out and if so the result of this Assessment?: No
What supporting documents or other information will be available?: The papers provided to the meeting.
Agenda items
- 27/05/2015 - Commissioners' Decision Making Meeting Independent Living Fund 27/05/2015