• To monitor that actual expenditure for Connected Person Care is in line with the expected expenditure following awarding of the business case

 

• Analysis undertaken to identify how we resource the future demands in terms of assessment capacity and support

 

• Analysis of future expenditure and suppliers of services

Funding is limited, so we have to be confident that we run our services wisely to make sure the people of Conwy are getting value for money from Social Services. We need financial plans that are fit for purpose now, and looking ahead to the future, to meet the needs of our service users within the budget we are given. The development of various panels in Conwy has proved very useful in making sure that services are cost effective. [Read more…]

Any business or organisation, large or small, is nothing without their workforce. They’re the people who turn up every day to make sure the work gets done.

One of the most significant developments within the Conwy workforce this last year has been around building support networks between staff. This has helped to develop and share best practice, set standards for supervision and sometimes more informally, to encourage teams to work together and be innovative in the way they find solutions to problems. [Read more…]

Every type of business has to deal with supply and demand – balancing what they can provide against what people need. In these challenging economic times, there’s a great need to operate our services as efficiently as possible. This means making sure we’ve got enough staff to meet needs and that the staff are well trained, and have the skills and knowledge to get the job done swiftly, without wasting time or resources.
Sometimes, we need to think “out of the box” and find new ways for services to work together. [Read more…]