Decision – Adult Social Care Self-Assessment

That the contents of
the Torbay Council Adult Social Care Self-Assessment Report (as set
out in Appendix to the submitted report) and the requirement for
the Torbay Council Adult Social Care Self-Assessment Report to be
published on the Council’s website be noted.

To provide information
on the findings of the self-assessment for Adult Social Care as
part of the readiness and preparation for the CQC inspection.

There were no
alternative options considered.

This decision will
come into force and may be implemented on 28 July 2025 unless the
call-in procedure is triggered (as set out in the Standing Orders
in relation to Overview and Scrutiny).

As part of the Health
and Care Act 2022 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) had been given
additional responsibilities and powers to review, assess and report
on Council regulated adult social care functions under Part One of
the 2014 Care Act, such as prevention, information and advice,
market shaping and support services.  As
part of the preparation work a self-assessment had been completed
using the Local Government Association Workbook.  Information had been gathered and refined over the
last 8 months.  There was a review of
the safeguarding section by Partners in Health and Care in March
2023.  It had also been tested by staff
and commissioners in Adult Social Care (ASC) as well as through the
South West Association of Adult Social Services CQC peer
support.  The document was written over
Quarter 3 of 2023/24.

This self-assessment
had been updated in 2025 as part of the information return that was
required by them, when the Council received the first notice of
inspection.

At the meeting
Councillor Tranter proposed and Councillor David Thomas seconded a
motion that was agreed unanimously by the Cabinet, as set out
above.