£3m added to social care budget
More than £3million has been added to Carmarthenshire County Council’s social care budget for the next financial year.
The extra money will help ease the pressure on services and will help meet increasing demand for services including home care and supporting people with a learning disability.
The department is currently projecting a £1.4million overspend at the end of the financial year, the majority of which - £746,000 – has been spent on delivering extra home care packages.
The figures were discussed as part of a revenue budget monitoring report at a meeting of the council’s Executive Board.
Cllr Pat Jones, executive board member for health and social care, said the overspend was a clear indication of the increasing demand on services, and added that the extra money for social care in the next financial year would be well spent.
“We are providing more care packages now and the demand is not going to go down in the near future,” she said.
“We do not make an overspend lightly, but we have a responsibility to ensure we are delivering care packages that meet peoples’ needs, and it is clear that we are facing increasing demands on our services.
“This extra funding is welcomed, and will ensure we are better placed to meet the needs of service users.”
Elsewhere within social care, there is increased demand on Learning Disabilities and Mental Health - increased respite and residential placements, supported living schemes and day care packages are pushing the spend up.
The extra money will help ease the pressure on services and will help meet increasing demand for services including home care and supporting people with a learning disability.
The department is currently projecting a £1.4million overspend at the end of the financial year, the majority of which - £746,000 – has been spent on delivering extra home care packages.
The figures were discussed as part of a revenue budget monitoring report at a meeting of the council’s Executive Board.
Cllr Pat Jones, executive board member for health and social care, said the overspend was a clear indication of the increasing demand on services, and added that the extra money for social care in the next financial year would be well spent.
“We are providing more care packages now and the demand is not going to go down in the near future,” she said.
“We do not make an overspend lightly, but we have a responsibility to ensure we are delivering care packages that meet peoples’ needs, and it is clear that we are facing increasing demands on our services.
“This extra funding is welcomed, and will ensure we are better placed to meet the needs of service users.”
Elsewhere within social care, there is increased demand on Learning Disabilities and Mental Health - increased respite and residential placements, supported living schemes and day care packages are pushing the spend up.
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