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13/07/2022
Cost of Care events, support and guidance
You will have seen communications in recent weeks from Devon County Council regarding the Cost of Care exercise for Care Homes and Domiciliary Care which forms an integral part of the Government's Reforms of Adult Social Care. To assist you, the Care Provider Alliance, which includes Care England, would like to ensure that we have a full representation of small, medium, and larger sized organisations participating in the Cost of Care data collection exercise, and encourage you to participate. Why?
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for care providers to influence how social care services are to be funded. By submitting your data via the data collection tool, the Council will be able to submit a Cost of Care Report to DHSC reflecting the cost of care, to release additional funding from the government along with Market Sustainability Plans informing how fees will be reviewed and inflated from 2023/4.
The reports will include the details from your submissions around the cost of care delivery; all data submitted will be handled sensitively by councils to run this exercise. It is a requirement that outliers or unusual data are to be verified and validated to gain a full understanding of cost pressures and reported in the Cost of Care Report submitted to the DHSC.
Devon County Council, Devon Care Homes Collaborative, along with the member associations, are here to support you in making your submission. This is a chance to be heard unlike no other exercise previously conducted on this scale and we all encourage you to participate, and to take advantage of the support offered. Without your participation, the likelihood of additional funding is significantly reduced.
We trust you will engage in the process and take advantage of this tool demonstration and the opportunity to have your questions answered.
We are hosting local live Teams sessions for Care Homes and Domiciliary Care; please see details below.
Event today, the Care Homes live session:
Wednesday, 13 July 1pm-2pm: please use this link to join iESE Live Event
The Domiciliary Care live session will be on Friday, 15 July 1pm-2pm; please use this link to join ARCC Live Event
Two further drop-in sessions have been set up by the CPA and IESE for care providers next week. These are dedicated demos and FAQ sessions regarding the care home tool, aimed at supporting providers in completing the tool. These sessions are available to all care home providers, regardless of whether or not you are CPA members.
Care homes: 14 July 2022 12pm to 1pm Click here to join the meeting Please copy and paste this link into your diary to join the meeting
Care homes: 19 July 2022 12pm to 1pm Click here to join the meeting Please copy and paste this link into your diary to join the meeting
Care homes: 21 July 2022 1pm to 2pm Click here to join the meeting Please copy and paste this link into your diary to join the meeting
Devon County Council domiciliary care drop in sessions:
19 July 11-12pm, 26 July 11-12pm
Devon County Council care homes care drop in sessions:
13 July 11-12pm, 20 July 11-12pm, 27 July 11-12pm
If you have not received an invitation to any of these events please email:
socialcarebusinessrelations-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
Closing date for all tools is the 31 July 2022
Domiciliary care online resources and tools for support
Here is the ARCC-HR Ltd Cost of Care Toolkit produced in partnership with the Local Government Association (LGA) for domiciliary care.
ARCC-HR Ltd have produced a Cost of Care Toolkit Support website which includes regularly updated FAQs and videos.
Provider support email to ARCC-HR Ltd support@costofcaretoolkit.co.uk
Care homes online resources and tools for support
Here is iESE’s Care Cubed Cost of Care Toolkit for care homes. iESE have also produced a Cost of Care awareness pack including guidance and useful videos.
YouTube video by iESE on How-To Data Entry Video for Care Providers – Fair Cost of Care Tool – YouTube.
If you have a question on the Cost of Care tool please contact carecubed@iese.org.uk.
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