Decision details

Having considered the report and discussed the issues, the Board:

(i)  Approved the Strategy attached to the report as the basis for future joint work on the development of carers’ services in Barking and Dagenham;

(ii)  Agreed the new vision strap line should be ‘Let’s Care for the Carers’.

(iii)  Delegated authority to the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services to work with partners including carers, carer service providers and health partners in the development of proposals of a specification for future carers’ services; and

(iv)  Delegated authority to the Corporate Director of Adult and Community Services in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health, Divisional Director of Legal Services, Chief Finance Officer, and partners through the Carers Strategy Group and Joint Executive Management Group for the Better Care Fund, to proceed to tender for carers’ support services for April 2016 onwards, in line with the intentions set out in the Carers’ Strategy.