Shared Services
Dear Stockton on Tees Council,
Please could you provide the answers to the questions below regarding Shared Services.
1. Do you currently have any shared services within Social Care with other/s Local Authorities?
If yes, please state with who and what areas e:g Children’s, Adults etc…
2. Please describe your plans with joint working between Social Care and Health.
Yours faithfully,
Cadogan Dilwyn
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Dear Cadogan Dilwyn
RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – OUR REF SBC1325
Further to your email received on 30 December 2013, I am now in a position
to respond to your request for information. I have left your questions on
for ease of reference.
REQUEST
Q1. Do you currently have any shared services within Social Care with
other/s Local Authorities? If yes, please state with who and what areas
e:g Children’s, Adults etc.
A1. We have a shared emergency duty team (EDT) service covering
adult and children’s social care which we provide on behalf of Darlington,
Hartlepool, Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland Councils.
There are no other shared services with respect to adult and children’s
social care.
Q2. Please describe your plans with joint working between Social Care
and Health
A2. There are the following arrangements in place in respect of
Adult Social Care:
· Integrated care management arrangements in mental
health services.
· Lead commissioning arrangements on behalf of the
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) for care home services and home care
services (Section 75 agreements).
· Arrangements in place with the CCG relating to
reablement services and with the CCG and NHS Local Area Team for social
care funding (Section 256 agreements).
· The CCG makes a financial contribution to the adult
safeguarding arrangements.
There are no plans to share services with health in respect of Children’s
Social Care.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any further
information.
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Complaints Team, Children, Education and Social Care, Parkside, Melrose
Avenue, Billingham. TS23 2JH. Alternatively, you can complete the form
online at
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Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
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Wilmslow
Cheshire
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Tel: 0303 1231113
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Yours sincerely
Kim Hunter
Governance Support Officer
4^th Floor, Bayheath House
5 Prince Regent Street
Stockton on Tees
TS18 1DF
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