Author: Angela Cannon Carers Development Manager
TOPIC GROUP WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH 2005 Agenda item 2
Author: Angela Cannon Carers Development Manager
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CARERS GRANT 2004/05
The spend outlined in the Topic group report of September 2004 is 96% on target, with approximately £95,000 slippage (owing to late starts of projects, difficulties recruiting etc). In light of ACS’ overall budget situation it has not been possible to allocate this within year. This will not affect next year’s position.
CARERS GRANT PROSPECTUS BIDS FROM VOLUNTARY SECTOR
Summary:
This paper sets out the allocations of additional Carers Grant for ACS, namely £880k, as agreed by Executive Member.
There are two tables:
- setting out allocations in line with bids received through the Prospectus Process
- setting out allocations on in-house projects and expansion of existing services
Summary of Table 1:
Proposed allocation: 378,210
Summary Table 2:
Total allocation in-house etc462,200
Inflation on existing projects 39,590
Total both tables (= Grant Available)880,000
TABLE 1:
ORGANISATION DETAILS AND LOCATION / AREA / AMOUNT OF FUNDING £ / REASONS/COMMENTSMENTAL HEALTH
Carers in Hertfordshire - to employ a full time mental health carers project manager and associated running costs. County wide. / County wide / 24,101 / Will provide training to care, and stimulating services.15 hours additional management for crucial project which has been structurally under-funded in recent years and 22 hours additional face to face work with carers
Mind in Dacorum - to run groups that provide stimulating activities and training for carers away from their caring in Dacorum. / Dacorum / 16,361 / To provide training to care, and stimulating services. To run 140 activity sessions during the year to 50 carers. Good links with Dacorum EPD, and CMHT, West Herts college and Dacorum CVS and other voluntary organisations. Have successfully piloted project.
Huntington's Disease Association - part funding of a regional care advisor, offering an integrated package of care for people affected by this. County wide. / County wide / 10,000 / New project. Particularly crucial in line with new NSF on long-term conditions.
ORGANISATION DETAILS AND LOCATION / AREA / AMOUNT OF FUNDING £ / REASONS/COMMENTS
Rethink Severe Mental Illness- employ a worker to support carers of people with mental health problems - In Broxbourne and East Herts / Broxbourne and East Herts / 24,995 / Carers’ support in E Herts - presently run a befriending project and has identified carers who need support. Already working with local CMHT.
Samaritans - Emergency telephones and outreach activity and support. Covers Broxbourne, East Herts, Stevenage, Hertsmere, St.Albans, ThreeRivers and Welwyn/Hatfield. / Broxbourne, East Herts, Stevenage, Hertsmere, St.Albans, ThreeRivers and Welwyn/
Hatfield / 5,500 / Vital support for carers at end of their tether. To be linked to work on emotional support for carers (see below)
Letchworth MIND - take members on holidays and day trips. N Herts / N Herts / 3,400 / To give carers a break. 20+ people will benefit
Jewish Care - to employ a part time development worker, 5hours/week, identifying and supporting Jewish carers of people with addictive disorders in Hertsmere / Hertsmere / 8,475 / Minority ethnic - specialist project meeting need we can't currently meet (finalist in 2004 charity awards)
The Living Room - provision of an addiction treatment project. Funding is for the carers support group. Stevenage / Stevenage / 2,000 / Additional funding is for expansion of carers’ support group
The Alzheimers Society - Dacorum branch - provision of a regular Saturday day care service for dementia sufferers in Dacorum / Dacorum / 15,630 / Service in place. Present funding from PCT and mayor will cease April 2005.
ORGANISATION DETAILS AND LOCATION / AREA / AMOUNT OF FUNDING £ / REASONS/COMMENTS
LEARNING DISABILTY
Watford and District Mencap - to employ 1 advisor for 26 hours a week to work in partnership with other voluntary groups In Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere. / Watford, ThreeRivers and Hertsmere. / 10,000 / Aims to specialise with minority ethnic carers and to link to other local community groups
Carers in Hertfordshire -employment of a part time carers development worker (Learning Disabilities) for 23 hours/week plus associated running costs. County wide. / County wide. / 32,972 / Advice, information, stimulating activities, involvement. Replaces Joint Commissioning funding from 31 March 2005 and includes carers forum costs of £3,500. Critical to work on Valuing People
St Albans Mencap - part payment of "pick and mix" facility of 3-4 hour sessions of recreational/educational activities. St Albans / St Albans / 15,000 / To provide stimulating activities for LD users to give carers a break - will offer more than leisure opportunities. Gap since withdrawal of modular programmes at Oaklands college. Have had discussions with Day Opportunities Forum and Butterwick Day Centre. Starting with 24 carers.
ELDERLY AND PHYSICAL DISABILITY
Watford African CaribbeanAssociation (WACA)- to maintain and support the carers support and development worker post as a full time position, and to improve the service for African and Caribbean carers in Watford and ThreeRivers / Watford and ThreeRivers / 11,890 / Support to ethnic carers - makes current stretched post full time. WACA working closely with Carers in Hertfordshire and PCT Health Forum
ORGANISATION DETAILS AND LOCATION / AREA / AMOUNT OF FUNDING £ / REASONS/COMMENTS
Senior Asian Men’s Club - Organise 3 day trips to places of interest for ethnic people aged over 50 in North Herts / North Herts / 2,550 / New group (minority ethnic carers). Trips for Asian elder carers and those they care for. Day trips. Link to Age Concern project in Hitchin
Senior Italian Carers Luncheon Club -a weekly subsidised luncheon club for Italian elder carers and associated costs in North Herts / North Herts / 4,669 / New group (minority ethnic carers). To fund a chef, utensils and hall hire, benefiting 35 carers. Plus other activities, including health programmes
Age Concern Hertfordshire -To employ a part time carer support worker for older carers - East Herts / East Herts / 19,000 / This is complementary to, and will be networked with, the Carers in Hertfordshire project in E Herts.
Age Concern Hertfordshire - to employ a carers support worker
(Asian Communities) in North Herts / North Herts / 29,340 / Current ethnic link worker has identified 30+ carers in need of support.
Italian Pensioners Club Letchworth - offer a more varied programme of activities in North Herts / North Herts
(Letchworth) / 3,000 / Minority ethnic carers. For games, kitchen equipment and day trips. Supported by Age Concern. Some benefit to carers.
Italian Elders Association - to enable the group to expand its range of activities in North Herts (Hitchin) / North Herts (Hitchin) / 745 / Supported by and linked to Age Concern.
Ravidassia Community Centre -Starting of a luncheon club for BME over 50s providing hot food and the facility to socialise, including disabled people and their carers. North Herts / North Herts / 1,000 / Minority ethnic. New service
ORGANISATION DETAILS AND LOCATION / AREA / AMOUNT OF FUNDING £ / REASONS/COMMENTS
Multiple Sclerosis Society-meeting, food and information, to be held in East Herts but open to all in Hertfordshire / County wide / 750 / For one event in carers week -up to 40 carers.
ALL CARE GROUPS
Crossroads- to increase existing services of carers breaks across the County and consolidate growth. / County wide / 90,000 / Increases reach and equity of county-wide breaks at home scheme, improves infrastructure and creates single county organisation with Chief Executive instead of 4 separate branches - additional 3,100 hours of breaks for carers
Trestle Theatre Company - for outreach workers to plan and facilitate a drama project with carer participation. County wide project. / County wide / 9,500 / Will provide stimulating activities for carers and includes emotional support element. Builds on innovative work with Carers in Hertfordshire in 2004, will benefit 120 carers. Includes travel and care costs.
Carers in Hertfordshire- Salary and associated costs of a full time carers support worker, plus running costs of a local carers’ support service in Broxbourne/East Herts / Broxbourne/
East Herts / 36,337 / Generic carers support,1:1 and groups in E Herts.
This will be co-ordinated with the Age Concern project and address historic lack of carers’ support in E Herts as per the strategy.
The Canal Boat Project - to add funds to the Levelling the Water Fund (assists with funding where the carer and/or service user cannot fund themselves) with the aim that boats and rivers are accessible to all. / County wide / 995 / To provide stimulating breaks for carers.
TOTAL / 378,210
TABLE 2: CARERS' GRANT - a) EXPANSION OF EXISTING PROJECTS (existing scheme numbers) AND
b) IN-HOUSE ALLOCATIONS
a)EXPANSION OF EXISTING PROJECTS
PROJECT DETAILS AND LOCATION / AREA / AMOUNT OF FUNDING £ / REASONS/COMMENTSMENTAL HEALTH
34 and 5 Carers' services and flexible respite (purchasing budgets for CMHTs) County wide / County wide / 18,000 / Additional service provision county wide (baseline 30k)
4 Forresters (holiday resource for users with severe mental health problems)t County wide / County wide / 20,000 / Additional service provision county wide (baseline 50k)
61 and 71 Younger people with dementia - North Herts and Stevenage / North Herts and Stevenage / 20,000 / Fully fund additional post as part of delivering YPD services equitably across county
42 N Herts Befriending-For service provision in Welwyn/Hatfield / Welwyn/Hatfield / 5,000 / Expand service
LEARNING DISABILITY
97 Dacorum Mencap - leisure opportunities in Dacorum / Dacorum / 21,000 / New leisure activities, previous gap in provision
141-147 Carers' services and flexible respite (purchasing budget for CLDTs) County wide / County wide / 28,000 / Increase service provision county wide (baseline 30k)
57- Leisure Direct -North Herts and Stevenage / North Herts and Stevenage / 9,500 / To expand service into Stevenage
ORGANISATION DETAILS AND LOCATION / AREA / AMOUNT OF FUNDING £ / REASONS
OLDER PEOPLE AND PHYSICAL DISABILITY
25- N Herts African-Caribbean Luncheon Club / North Herts / 9,000 / Consolidation and expansion of service
261-267- Carers' services and flexible respite (purchasing budget in EPD Teams) County wide. / County wide. / 100,000 / Additional service provision county wide (baseline 94k)
30- Heather Club Dacorum / Dacorum / 700 / Meet increased costs of rent etc (presently receive £800)
78- Leonard Cheshire Day care Cuffley / Cuffley / 11,000 / Offer increased day care (building on partially met bid through last year's prospectus)
ALL CLIENT GROUPS
86 - Adult Education Concessions/flexible pots for adult education / North Herts and Stevenage / 10,000 / County wide carers' concessions (currently being piloted in North Herts and Stevenage) and/or alternative ways of helping access AE
85 - Black and Minority Ethnic Involvement worker/admin support / County wide / 20,000 / Additional admin in Users and Carers team to monitor and evaluate projects
b) NEW STATUTORY/IN HOUSE PROJECTS
MENTAL HEALTHYounger people with dementia in East Herts / East Herts / 30,000 / Final piece of strategy for providing a county-wide service to this group
LEARNING DISABILITY
2 x social workers for older carers
County wide / County wide / 70,000 / Implement principles within Valuing People around older carers, managed through CLDTs
ALL CARE GROUPS
ORGANISATION DETAILS AND LOCATION / AREA / AMOUNT OF FUNDING £ / REASONS
Support PCTs in delivering on carer targets of identification and referral to ACS/CSF and CinH / County wide / 50,000 / This is to be match funding with the PCTs (NB 80k was offered but PCTs finding it difficult to match)
Carers Health Visitor- to be piloted in Watford PCT / Watford PCT / 20,000 / Health assessment to complement social care carers’ assessment, provide health prevention service and ongoing emotional support etc where needed
OTHER
Emotional support for carers. County wide / County wide / 20,000 / A resource to underpin need identified in strategy for audit and co-ordination of emotional support resources for carers
TOTAL FOR EXISTING PROJECTS / 462,200
TOTAL FROM PROSPECTUS / 378,210
Estimated inflation on existing projects / 39,590
GRAND TOTAL / 880,000
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