Budget & Finance Overview & Scrutiny Committee 11 October 2011 Adult Social Services
Resources & Organisation 500 fte staff £91.97m net budget Services are organised through 6 divisions: – Integrated Commissioning – Transformation – Support Planning & Review – Reablement & Safeguarding – Direct Services – Mental Health Support services are provided corporately by Business Partners (HR, Finance, IT, etc)
2010/11 Outturn £1.2m overspend 2009/10 £1.9 m overspend Historic problems with overspend
Savings Target for 2011/12 Savings target of £9.788 m Plus target to reduce £1.2 m overspend (2010/11) Total savings of £10. 9 m (12% of budget)
Key Savings 2011/12 Commissioning£4.1 m Mental Health£1.2 m Direct Services£750k Customer Journey£1.2 m
Progress against Savings Target 2011/12 Good progress with 98% confidence that £9.788 m will be delivered Risks – » Mental Health » High Cost Placement negotiations
Current Financial Position 2011/ /11 £’000 £’000 Net expenditure (forecast – 2011/12) 93,271 91,557 Budget 91,973 88,118 1,298 3,439 Adjustment (Transition /12) (800) (2,162) Overspend (forecast – 2011/12) 498 1,277
Pressures and Actions 2011/12 Key factors for the overspending position: use of agency staff (£1.9m), costs of Brent Transport Service (£0.45m), placements pressures (LD - £1.55m, OP - £.736m, MH - £0.06m) historical over budgeted S117 income from PCT for Mental Health services (£0.55m). Management Actions: Within Mental Health service (Ordinary residence - £120K, high cost placements - £180K, optimising internal placements - £200K) Reduction in agency staff (freeze on recruitment in Mental Health) Reduction in use of BTS