Venue: To be held at the Town Hall, Pinstone Street, Sheffield, S1 2HH
Contact: Jennie Skiba, Committee Secretary
Email: Jennie.Skiba@sheffield.gov.uk
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Items
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Apologies for Absence
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Minutes:
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No apologies for absence were received.
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Exclusion of Public and Press
To identify items where
resolutions may be moved to exclude the press and public
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Minutes:
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No items were identified where resolutions may
be moved to exclude the public and press.
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Declarations of Interest PDF 129 KB
Members to declare any
interests they have in the business to be considered at the
meeting
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Minutes:
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There were no declarations of interest.
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Minutes of Previous Meeting PDF 171 KB
To approve the minutes of the
meeting of the Committee held on 2nd December,
2021.
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Minutes:
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The minutes of the meeting of the Committee
held on 2nd December, 2021, were approved as a correct
record.
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Public Questions and Petitions
To receive any questions or
petitions from members of the public
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Minutes:
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There were no public questions or petitions
received from members of the public.
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Independent Living PDF 603 KB
Joint Report of the Director of Adult Health
and Social Care and Director of Housing Services.
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Minutes:
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The Committee received a report and
presentation which identified how the Council’s Housing and
Social Care Services were committed to helping people to live
independently at home and recognising the city’s shortfall in
housing for older persons.
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Present for this item were Suzanne Allen, Head
of City-Wide Housing Service and Alexis Chappell, Director of Adult
Health and Social Care.
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Alexis Chappell introduced the report stating
that the current Older Persons Independent Living Strategy was
currently being reviewed. She said that
the report gave background information on how Housing and Social
Care were working jointly to promote more appropriate housing
choices and give support for independent living.
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Suzanne Allen referred to the presentation
stating that the city’s population was growing and becoming
increasingly diverse. She said that
people were living longer with a range of health conditions,
including learning disabilities and autism,
and housing was key to supporting independent living. She briefly outlined what Older Persons
Independent Living (OPIL) housing was and the benefits of
it. She said that in Sheffield, there
was a limited range of OPIL housing, stating that many of the
sheltered housing schemes were provided by social landlords, were
expensive and unaffordable to many people and were located in the
southwest of the city. Suzanne Allen
said that there were shortfalls many parts of the city and there
was high demand for extra care housing.
She referred to three new care schemes in the Parson Cross,
Gleadless Valley and Birley areas of the city, highlighting some of
the benefits of integrated housing, health and care. Ms. Allen said that the key challenges were to
widen choice and options for all incomes, tenures and areas;
address large shortfalls of OPIL housing and also address
inequalities faced by the BAME and LGBT+ communities.
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Members made various comments and asked a
number of questions as follows:-
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One of the key things was to co-create and co-develop the Adult
Social Care and Health Care Strategy by using better technology to
develop solutions that enable people to live more independently and
longer in accommodation of their choice. Specialised schemes can be expensive so would only
be developed in areas that required them. The Council’s Prevention Strategy has
identified the need to improve the range of housing options
available and meet its rehousing duties. There should be more
affordable options for young people and for those with complex
needs. As well as providing housing, the Housing Service and Adult
Social Care Services were working jointly to improve the support
that was currently available to help people keep their homes and
live independently.
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It was felt that there should be better integration amongst
communities with a mix of age ranges and help households where they
wanted to stay together or in close proximity to each
other. There was no reason why general
needs housing could not be developed to assist extended families to
help and support each other.
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One of the key things was to support older adults ...
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Committee Update and Work Plan PDF 546 KB
Report of the Policy and Improvement
Officer.
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Minutes:
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The Policy and Improvement Officer (Emily
Standbrook-Shaw) submitted a report setting out the draft work plan
for the remainder of the Municipal Year. Emily Standbrook-Shaw said that, following a
request from the February meeting of Full Council, options would be
considered as to how the Committee could start to look at how the
Council can support its ambition for an Inclusive Economy in the
One Year Plan.
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RESOLVED: That the Committee Update and Work
Plan be noted.
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