Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendation.

                        Councillor Jones introduced the Progress Report on Flintshire Micro-Care Pilot report and explained that, following a feasibility study, the Council had established a pilot Micro-care enterprise project to innovatively tackle the problem of the supply of care.  The Council had been successful in bidding for funding from both Cadwyn Clwyd and the Welsh Government (WG) to support the implementation of the project.

                        Micro-care enterprises were defined as small companies with 5 employees, many of which were sole traders, providing care-related services to the citizens of Flintshire.  The pilot would run until June 2021 and together with Social Firms Wales, Wales Co-operative and other stakeholders would support the development of new Micro-care enterprises in Flintshire. 

The Chief Officer (Social Services) said this was one of the first pilots of its type in Wales and positive risk-taking and innovation were essential to enable the pilot to succeed. 

The growth of Micro-care could divert crisis in the care sector as a preventative measure, whilst delivering care which was efficient, effective and person centred.  The project would provide opportunities to build resilience in communities through developing local, bespoke solutions to peoples care needs.

RESOLVED:

That the progress made to date be noted.