Decision details

Annual Uplift For Cardiff Domiciliary Care Agencies, Direct Payment Agency Rate And Real Living Wage Uplift For Eligible Staff In Registerable Roles.

Agreed: that

Domiciliary Care Agencies

Authorisation be given to

·      an increase to the floor of the current Fee Setting Strategy for Domiciliary Care to a blended rate of £19.00 per hour.

·      an increase to the ceiling of the current Fee Setting Strategy for Domiciliary Care to a blended rate of £24.02 per hour.

·      agree that packages that fall between the floor and the ceiling will receive an uplift of 10.53%, unless this level of increase takes the care package above the proposed ceiling level of £24.02 In such cases the level of uplift will be capped at £24.02. Unless a package has exceptional circumstances, any packages above the ceiling rate will not receive an uplift.

·      agree that if the current rate of a care package is already above the proposed new ceiling and has been agreed due to the exceptional circumstances surrounding the care package, the proposed uplift for these packages will be commensurate to the Real Living Wage Uplift and other related costs which has been calculated as 5.7%.

Direct Payment Agency Rate

Authorisation be given to

agree that the Direct Payments agency rate be uplifted to £19 per hour in line with the proposed new Domiciliary Care floor rate.

Administration of Uplifts

Subject to Recommendations being approved, payment of the uplifts be backdated as usual, so as to take effect from 1^st April 2022 in respect of all contracts.

Variation in Contract

Authorisation be given tto agree that a Variation of Contract Form be issued to Providers in receipt of the Real Living Wage uplift (located at Appendix A), in order to secure their agreement to pay eligible staff at least the Real Living Wage from 1 April 2022.

The reasons for the recommended decisions are, taking account of all       relevant factors, to:  

·          make a fair and equitable investment in service provision within available resources, to manage the financial impacts of changing costs and arrangements within the social care sector, including increases in staff wages related to the implementation of the Real Living Wage for eligible social care workers, CPI and National Insurance costs.

·          seek assurance from Providers in receipt of the Real Living Wage uplift, that they have paid their eligible staff at least the Real Living Wage from 1 April 2022.

·          ensure that the Council satisfies Welsh Government’s monitoring requirements placed on Local Authorities related to implementation of the Real Living Wage for eligible social care workers.