9 ADULT CARE SERVICES WORKFORCE PLAN PDF 249 KB
Cyflwynwyd gan: Cyng. Dafydd Meurig
Decision:
¾ To approve the allocation of up to
£375,000 of a one-off resource (analysed in the table in section 4 of the
report) to the Adults Department 2020/21 budget, together with a further
one-off resource of £390,000 to the 2021/22 budget, with the exact sum of the
allocations to be reviewed at the end of the relevant two financial years.
¾ To support the proposal to spend the
above additional
budget on the cost of employing the workforce beyond the normal
staffing budget levels, in response to the inevitable increase in demand
for a social care service to safeguard the people of Gwynedd and to fill
staffing gaps that occur as a result of Covid19.
Minutes:
The
report was presented by Cllr. Dafydd Meurig
DECISION
·
To approve the allocation of up to £375,000 of a one-off resource
(analysed in the table in section 4 of the report) to the Adults Department
2020/21 budget, together with a further one-off resource of £390,000 to the
2021/22 budget, with the exact sum of the allocations to be reviewed at the end
of the relevant two financial years.
·
To support the proposal to spend the above additional budget on the cost
of employing the workforce beyond the normal staffing budget levels, in
response to the inevitable increase in demand for a social care service to
safeguard the people of Gwynedd and to fill staffing gaps that appeared as a
result of Covid19.
DISCUSSION
The
report was submitted, noting that the application was for one-off funding of
£375,000 for 2020/21 and £390,000 for 2021/22. It was stated that the previous
report had given the background to the need for funding and everyone was aware
of the significant challenges facing the Adults' Department. It was noted that
the report was an attempt to look at the worst possible scenario. It was added
that there was a need to look at this before winter as the situation would
interfere with staff well-being with staff not having an opportunity to take
leave, members of staff being taken ill and an increase in demand.
The
Leader of Community Transformation Health and Care Team Programme added that
the department had prepared a Workforce Plan which was a piece of work that
looked at areas such as what had happened, staff sickness levels and the demand
for a service. It was noted that this piece of work had used the best possible national
work model to try and predict covid numbers and give an idea to see what might
hit the department during the second wave. It was highlighted that the
department had coped incredibly and staff were willing to go the extra mile and
a pool of temporary workforce had been established. It was further noted that
the department was in a rather different place with staff now getting tired and
had not had an opportunity to take leave and was looking to re-open some
services. In addition, it was added that there were signs of an increase in
demand as people were discharged home from hospital with the effects of
Covid.
It
was stated that the department had predicted how many staff could be off work
ill and the department had planned reasonably on the basis of absences between
1 and 2%. This meant that approximately £60,000 needed to be identified in
order to backfill absences due to sickness. It was noted, as staff had not been
taking leave, that the amount of leave not taken was equivalent to 18 persons
working for 20 hours a week until the end of the financial year. Therefore,
£135,000 funding would need to be identified in order to backfill for staff to
take their leave.
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