Linda Burnip

[FOI #13811 email]

2^nd Floor West

Merrion House

110 Merrion Centre

Leeds LS2 8QB

Contact:

Martin Foster

Tel:

07891278037

Fax:

(0113) 247 7779

Email:

[email address]

Minicom:

(0113) 2478629

Your Ref:

Our Ref:

FOI-3211

24/7/09

Figures

Notes

1

How many social workers are there working in adult care?

183

This figure is for active staff on the Social Worker grade and does not include members of teams such as the Emergency Duty Team, Approved Social Workers (Mental Health) or social work officers or assistants.

2

How many of these are working with disabled people under 60?

428

There are 428 Keyworkers for 4485 Open cases where the adult had a user group of: disability, dual sensory loss, hearing impairment, learning disability, mental illness, physical impairment, physical/ terminal illness, sensory impairment or visual impairment and they are currently under 60

3

How many adults are you providing some sort of community care service to in total?

13487

This is based on the Sum of the referrals assessment provides services return table P2S pages 1-6.

4

How many allocated cases are there in adult care?

20570

This is the total of all open cases across the whole authority. Of these 6,973 are currently actively managed, the remainder receive services and at least one review a year.

5

How many unallocated cases are there in adult care?

0

All cases are allocated to a worker.

6

How many `held' cases are there in adult care?

20570

Cases currently open.

7

What is the ratio of adult care cases to each social worker?

14

There are currently 498 workers allocated to 6973 active cases, giving a ratio of active cases 14.0 cases per worker.

8

What is the average time between referral for a service and assessment of needs

15 Days

The Median average time taken to complete an assessment included in the RAP return was 15 days. The Mean average for the same figure was 21.89 days. Government targets allow 28 days for the completion of an assessment.

9

What is the average time between referral and provision of the necessary service?

26 Days

The median average time taken to provide a service from the referral date was 26 days. The mean average for the same figure was 41.48 days. The government target on the time to provide services measures from the end of the assessment to the provision of services and allows 28 days, in addition to 28 days for the completion of an assessment. Our median average time on this indicator was 4 days and our mean average time was 16.85 days.

10

What is your total adult care budget for 2009-2010

£195m

The 2009/10 net expenditure budget for Adult Social Care Budget is £195m

11

What proportion of this is spent providing care in the community through Direct Payments or Individual Budgets?

3.3%

The 2009/10 net budget for direct payments and individual budgets is 3.3% of the net budget for Adult Social Care. Leeds Adult Social Care's target is that 15% of service users receive services through either an individual budget or direct payments by March 2010.

12

What proportion of this is spent on residential care provision?

11.9%

The 2009/10 net budget for residential care is 11.9% of the net budget for Adult Social Care

13

What is the average length of time for provision of aids?

95%+ within 7 days

We now refer to community equipment. Last year over 95% of equipment was delivered and installed within 7 days for the assessor deciding which item the customer needed.

14

What is the average length of time for provision of adaptations?

201 days

This measures first contact to completion of the change. It took a median average of 132 days to provide a major adaption, a mean figure of 252.7 days. This includes services which the authority do not provide directly and can involve large building works and large projects.