Health minister, Paul Burstow, has announced the six areas which will pilot a new scheme for adult social care.
Mr Burstow revealed the six councils and trusts ahead of his speech last week at the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADSS), which will trial the social care practices, and include Birmingham City Council, Surrey CC and Lambeth LBC. In each of the pilots, groups of frontline social care workers will be given more flexibility to work with the people they support and their carers to improve their lives.
The groups will all be independent of their local authorities and backed by a total of £1m of Department of Health funding.
‘Our plans will free up frontline social workers to do what they do best – help people maintain their independence,’ said Mr Burstow.
‘This shift in power will give people greater control over their care and support.’
The schemes will all be project managed by the Social Care Institute for Excellence on behalf of the Department of Health.
The pilots are expected to start in the summer and should run for two years.
