Covers information on councils’ expenditure on personal social services and the social services staff they employ. It also includes information on council’s performance in providing these services.
Publications
Summarises information on assessments and social services provided to adults aged 18 and over by Welsh local authorities.
Presents estimates of annual basic pay and total earnings for NHS staff groups (excluding GPs and high street dentists).
NHS Vacancies Survey.
Summary of Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Workforce by staff group and organisation
Contains Personal Social Services current expenditure (gross expenditure; net expenditure; income from sales, fees and charges) data reported by councils in England.
Contains Personal Social Services current expenditure (gross expenditure; net expenditure; income from sales, fees and charges) data reported by councils in England.
Contains Personal Social Services current expenditure (gross expenditure; net expenditure; income from sales, fees and charges) data reported by councils in England.
An annual return that collects information on all staff, whether full or part-time, directly employed by social services departments. Some information is also collected on gender and ethnicity.
Summarises information on referrals, assessments and social services provided to children by Welsh local authorities.
Provides performance indicators for adult social care.
Prevalence of caring, commitments, use of services and the health and well being of carers themselves.
Overview
This topic presents reports on resources provided by councils in England towards providing personal social services:
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Personal social services expenditure and unit costs. Collects detailed information on Personal Social Services (PSS) expenditure by English local authorities.
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Personal Social Services Staff of Social Services Departments. Collects detailed information on all staff, whether full or part-time, directly employed by social services departments.
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Performance Ratings for Adults Social Services in England. Presents the adults’ social services performance ratings for all 150 English councils with social services responsibilities. The star ratings summarise the Commission for Social Care Inspection’s independent judgements of performance on a scale of zero to three stars.
Technical Data
Personal Social Services Expenditure and Unit Costs, England
The PSS EX1 analyses adult social care expenditure by Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities in England by type of service and type of expenditure/income. The type of service analysis matches the sub-divisions of the Service Expenditure Analysis (SEA) for Social Services in the CIPFA Best Value Accounting Code of Practice (BVACOP). The client groups used will generally reflect the primary cause for placement/service provided.
Personal Social Services Staff of Social Services Departments
The data is derived from a return (SSDS001) completed each September by Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities. The form covers all staff, whether full or part time, directly employed by social services departments (whole time equivalents are calculated on the basis of staff contractual weeks). The return does not cover agency staff or staff who work in the independent or voluntary sector.
Further guidance for both the expenditure and staffing data collection can be seen on the NHS-IC website.
Performance Ratings for Adults Social Services in England
The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) produce performance ratings for the 150 local councils with statutory responsibility for adult social services in England, which assess how councils carried out those responsibilities in respect of adults of working age and older people.
The performance ratings summarise performance on a scale of zero to three stars.
Glossary
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Carer
The definition of a carer is taken from the Carers & Disabled Children Act 2000, which states the act affects 'Carers (aged 16 and over) who provide or intend to provide a substantial amount of care on a regular basis for another individual aged 18 or over’. It is possible for a client to have more than one carer, and for a carer to additionally be a client in his or her own right.
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CASSR
Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibility.
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Clients
Customers of the CASSR who are ‘on the books’ for an assessment, or review, or the receipt of services. A client can be an individual, family or group, or can contain several clients. Individuals being considered as a service provider, for example, as a carer or foster parent in adult fostering scheme, should not be counted as clients.
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Community-based services
These are services provided to support clients living in the community.
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Day care
Attendance at a day care centre for day care and/ or meals and includes the attendance at training centres and luncheon clubs.
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Direct payments
Direct payments are defined as monetary payments made by local CASSRs directly to adult clients aged 18 and over in lieu of social service provisions, who have been assessed as needing certain services.
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Package of care (care package)
A service or set of services agreed as part of the care plan arising from the first assessment or subsequent reviews. These services can be residential and / or community-based.
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Personal and / or domestic care
Synonyms for home care.
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Primary client type (group):
The categories of ‘primary client type’ are: physical disability, frailty and sensory impairment; mental health needs: including mentally ill or confused people, and those with dementia; vulnerable people: a general heading to include those whose situation cannot be appropriately fitted in any of the preceding groups; learning disability; substance misuse: includes those with drug and / or alcohol related problems.
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Professional support
Typically this occurs when a professional is involved as part of the care package to provide therapy / support / professional input.
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Registered Homes
Homes registered under the Care Standards Act 2000.
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Rehabilitation services
Rehabilitation services are generally classified as temporary residential places.
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Residential Care
Accommodation with both board and personal care for persons requiring personal care by reasons of disablement, past or present dependence on alcohol or drugs, or past or present mental disorder.
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Respite care
Overnight respite care is defined as following an assessment or review where the carer’s needs have been taken into account, planned overnight breaks(s) are arranged for the client either at home or in an alternative setting to allow a break primarily for the carer.
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Screening
This is the initial phase with a contact, when basic ‘card index’ type data is gathered (name, address, etc.) along with a sufficient indication as to the purpose of the contact. This enables staff to determine whether information / advice only or a one off basic service is appropriate, or whether further investigation and assessment are warranted. It is also the stage at which callers who have come inappropriately to the CASSR will be filtered out and / or redirected.
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Service type:
This has 4 categories:Community-based service in own home (includes short term residential – not respite care, and rehabilitation services);. local authority residential care (excludes short term residential – not respite care). Residential care provided by the CASSR; Independent sector residential care (excludes short term residential – not respite). Includes residential care provided by another CASSR. Also includes adult fostering;. Nursing care (excludes short term residential – not respite).
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Supported Resident
A person in residential or nursing care who is receiving financial support from the local authority towards the cost of that care.
Contact Details
For statistical enquiries about this topic, please contact:
Paul Niblett
Email: enquiries@ic.nhs.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 845 300 6016
The NHS Information Centre 1 Trevelyan Square Boar Lane Leeds LS1 6AE
