Supporting People Directorate Budget Consultation 2017/18

Closed 10 May 2017

Opened 21 Mar 2017

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Supporting People Directorate Budget Consultation 2017/18

0121 303 5154

peoplebudget@birmingham.gov.uk

Feedback updated 17 May 2018

We asked

Birmingham City Council approved its budget on 28th February 2017.

Included in the budget was the requirement to achieve budget savings across identified areas.

You said

42 responses were received.

We did

Contact peoplebudget@birmingham.gov.uk with any questions.

Overview

Foreword
 
Birmingham City Council approved its budget on 28th February 2017.
 
Included in the budget was the requirement to achieve budget savings across identified areas.
 
Two of the identified budget areas were the Supporting People Programme and the Grants Programme to some third sector organisations. The required savings across both programmes combined is £3.2 million in 2017/18 increasing to £5.0 million in 2018/19.
 
This consultation document and the financial information it contains assumes the full savings being applied to the Supporting People programme only. Any savings achieved within the Grant programme will reduce the amount of savings required within the Supporting People programme.
 
 
 
Introduction
 
 
What are we consulting on?
 
We are consulting on our proposals to achieve the required £3.2m reductions for 2017/18 and a further £1.8m worth of reduction for 2018/19.
 
 
 
How will we consult people?
 
1.   We will be asking for views on our proposals from people who use services, carers, city council staff, health partners, organisations that provide adult social care services in the private or voluntary sectors and the general public;
 
2.   You can tell us your views by completing a questionnaire, taking part in consultation meetings, by emailing or telephoning us. We will listen to, and take note of all your comments;
 
3.   We will publish and make widely available what you tell us and what we plan to do next. We will show where we have changed any of the proposals as a result of listening to people’s views. Where we have not made changes to our proposals we will explain why this was the case;
 
4.   We will write a report to our Cabinet including material about what we have found out through this consultation. The Cabinet is the governing body of the City Council, made up of elected councillors; it is responsible for decisions on all Council services.
 
 
 
How long will this consultation run for?
 
This Directorate Budget Consultation begins on 21st March 2017 and finishes on 10th May 2017.  
 
Who will be affected by the results of this consultation?
 
This consultation affects:
 
·        some adults living in Birmingham who receive or may need adult social care services;
 
·        young people who receive or may need adult social care services in the future;
 
·        carers for adults with a social care need who live in Birmingham;
 
·        Birmingham City Council staff;
 
·        health organisations in Birmingham and their staff;
 
·        people in need of housing related support services (Supporting People)
 
·        private, third sector and voluntary providers of adult social care services and their staff; and
 
·        the Police, Probation and Fire and Rescue Service
 
 
 
Background Information
 
Supporting People
 
About this service – In Birmingham the Supporting People Programme offers housing support to a wide range of vulnerable groups.
 
Housing support services help people to move into and sustain independent housing, contribute to wider society and to live independent lives. 
 
 
 
Section 1 - Specific Proposals
 
Proposal 1:
 
Proposed changes
 
The amount currently spent on the whole service across which these savings apply and the proposed reduction is shown below.
 

Total Spend  

16/17      

 

Saving in 17/18

Saving in 18/19

£24.108m

Gross Saving

(£3.200m)

(£5.000m)

 

Implementation Costs

£0.000m

£0.000m

 

Net Saving

(£3.200m)

(£5.000m)
 
 
 
 
 
 
What would this mean?
 
Immediate negotiations will take place with Supporting People service providers to consider options in order to achieve the required savings and to vary those contracts as appropriate.
 
Options to be considered:
 
  • An overall reduction in contract value by up to 27%
  • Any other cost savings proposal as submitted by the service provider during the consultation that will achieve the required saving in the timeframe will be considered
  • Identify alternative funding streams for services.
 
Youth Hub (Young Peoples Homeless Advice Service) and the Rough Sleeper Outreach services.
 
We propose to continue to fund these services but not from the Supporting People budget. These would be paid through homeless prevention funding.  
 
 
 
 
We would like your views on the following questions.

Areas

  • ACOCKS GREEN
  • ASTON
  • BARTLEY GREEN
  • BILLESLEY
  • BORDESLEY GREEN
  • BOURNVILLE
  • BRANDWOOD
  • CITY CENTRE
  • CITY-WIDE
  • EDGBASTON
  • ERDINGTON
  • HALL GREEN
  • HANDSWORTH WOOD
  • HARBORNE
  • HODGE HILL
  • KINGS NORTON
  • KINGSTANDING
  • LADYWOOD
  • LONGBRIDGE
  • LOZELLS AND EAST HANDSWORTH
  • MOSELEY AND KINGS HEATH
  • N/A
  • NECHELLS
  • NORTHFIELD
  • OSCOTT
  • PERRY BARR
  • QUINTON
  • SELLY OAK
  • SHARD END
  • SHELDON
  • SOHO
  • SOUTH YARDLEY
  • SPARKBROOK
  • SPRINGFIELD
  • STECHFORD AND YARDLEY NORTH
  • STOCKLAND GREEN
  • SUTTON FOUR OAKS
  • SUTTON NEW HALL
  • SUTTON TRINITY
  • SUTTON VESEY
  • TYBURN
  • WASHWOOD HEATH
  • WEOLEY

Audiences

  • Anyone from any background

Interests

  • Communications