Cabinet set to approve major Flintshire social care changes
Flintshire County Council is taking forward three new social care initiatives aimed at changing how children, young people and adults are supported across the county.
Councillors on the authority’s Cabinet will be asked to endorse the projects next week after they received backing from the Social and Health Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
The first proposal, titled Right Care, Right Place, sets out plans to introduce a new Progression Model for adults with learning disabilities living in supported housing.
The model is designed to focus on people’s strengths and aspirations, with the aim of helping individuals live as independently as possible. It seeks to ensure care is proportionate and personalised, taking account of the needs and strengths of the household as a whole.
Early work on the Progression Model in Flintshire was recognised earlier this year with a Social Care Wales Accolade.
A second report focuses on reducing the number of Flintshire children placed in high-cost residential care outside the county.
The project, delivered in partnership with the Reconnect Programme, aims to support children and young people to move from residential placements into family-based or semi-independent settings, where this is considered to be in their best interests.
A third report recommends expanding Flintshire’s in-house fostering service.
It sets out three areas of focus, including the targeted recruitment of specialist foster carers to support the Reconnect Programme. The proposals also include plans to expand the Special Guardianship Order service and the Mockingbird service.
The Mockingbird model, described as the first of its kind in Wales, involves experienced fostering households acting as hubs to provide support to other foster carers.
Councillor Christine Jones, Cabinet Member for Social Services and Wellbeing, said: “These initiatives reflect our absolute commitment to supporting people in ways that are compassionate, empowering, and ultimately help them achieve better outcomes.
“While they will help us manage increasing budget pressures, the most important impact is the difference these programmes will make to people’s lives.”
Flintshire County Council’s Cabinet is due to consider the proposals when it meets next Tuesday, December 16.
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