Social Work And Health Committee - 23/11/2009

At a MEETING of the SOCIAL WORK AND HEALTH COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 23rd November, 2009.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Jim BARRIE, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 9th November, 2009 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I MINUTE OF MEETING OF CASES SUB-COMMITTEE

The minute of meeting of the Cases Sub-Committee held on 28th October, 2009 was submitted and noted for information and record purposes, a copy of which is attached to this minute as an Appendix.

II IMPLEMENTATION OF HOME CARE ENABLEMENT MODEL

There was submitted Report No 529-2009 by the Director of Social Work informing the Committee of the proposed development of an enablement approach to providing home care services across Dundee City.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to endorse the introduction of an enablement approach to the delivery of home care services;

(ii) to endorse the measures being adopted to improve the level of independence of service users, and to increase the efficiency of the home care service;

(iii) to note that this was an interim report; and

(iv) to note that following a six month pilot of home care enablement, the enablement model of home care would be introduced on a phased basis and that a further report outlining the implications of full implementation would be brought back to Committee.

Jim BARRIE, Convener.