E-Marketplace for Adult Social Care (FOI)

Request

A

Do you have a web-based directory of services or eMarketplace for adult social care?

i) Is this directory or eMarketplace developed in-house or by an external provider?

ii) If an external provider please provide the name of the supplier?

iii) If an external provider please provide the renewal date for the contract

iv) What is the annual support cost for your directory or eMarketplace?

v) Are there any plans to review provision of your directory or Marketplace in the next 12 months?

vi) Please provide the name(s), email(s) and telephone number(s) of the individual (s) responsible for the directory or eMarketplace within your organisation.

B

Who oversees the management of personal budgets and direct payments and integrated personal budgets and what are their contact details? 

C

Does the Local Authority (LA) support the administration, delivery and management of Personal health budgets? If so, who is the contact at the LA for this and what are their contact details?

D

Does the LA use third party solutions to assist with the delivery and budget management of personal budgets, direct payments or integrated budgets?

i) If yes, what solution is used, who is the provider and when is the contract due to expire?

ii) If no, is this something that you are considering and who in the LA is the person to contact about this and what are their contact details.

E

Does the LA have a directory of Personal Assistants and if so, who is the person at the LA who is responsible for this and what are their contact details?

F

Who oversees the provision of personal assistants and what are their contact details? 

G

Who is the current Director of Finance for ASC within the LA and what are their contact details?

H

Who is the Integrated Services lead at the LA and what are their contact details?

I

Is there a Transformation Manager or Personalisation Lead or similar role, if yes please provide job title, name(s), email(s) address?

Response

Jersey is not a U.K. Local Authority, and therefore, not subject to the UK Care Act 2014. The terminology used in the request does not apply in Jersey. Where possible, links to Jersey-specific information already in the public domain have been provided.

A

No, there is no web-based directory of services or eMarketplace for Adult Social Care. 

Information about Adult Social Services in Jersey can be found on gov.je. Please see the link below: 

Adult social services (gov.je)

B

The terms ‘personal budget’, ‘direct payment’ and ‘integrated personal budget’ do not apply in Jersey. 

The Long-Term Care (LTC) scheme provides financial support to Jersey residents who need long-term care for the rest of their life, either at home or in a care home. Contact details for the scheme can be found on gov.je via the link below: 

About long-term care (gov.je)

C

No, that structure does not exist in Jersey.

D

No.

E and F

The term ‘Personal Assistant’ does not apply in Jersey. 

Care services in Jersey are registered with the Jersey Care Commission are detailed on their website at:

Care Service Search (carecommission.je)

G

Neither the Adult Social Care team, nor the Health and Community Services (HCS) department in which this team sits, have a Director of Finance. 

Financial business support is provided by the Government of Jersey’s Treasury and Exchequer, as detailed on the States Assembly website. Please see the following link. 

Review of Health and Community Services Leadership and Management Capacity: R.148-2023.pdf (statesassembly.gov.je)

H and I

The specified roles do not exist in Jersey’s HCS department, which includes Adult Social Care. 

There is a General Manager for Adult Social Care, along with the Principal Social Worker, who manage the service. Government of Jersey employees below the level of Tier 1 and 2 (equivalent to Director Level) are protected from identification for the purposes of Freedom of Information disclosure, and therefore, Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies. Contact details for the service are available on www.gov.je.

Article applied

Article 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.