Council warns it won’t be able to fund prevention services for children and adults by 2022

A council has warned that it will not be able to fund preventative services for adults’ and children’s social care by 2021/22 without more resources from the government. In East Sussex’s budget proposals, submitted to cabinet in January, the council warned it would be left with a “minimum service offer” if more money wasn’t made available. The report, by East Sussex chief executive Becky Shaw, warned that the council would be able to provide safeguarding, meet critical needs in adult’s social care and deal with the highest level of need and risk cases in children’s services. However, without extra funding from the government, it would be unable to fund early intervention or prevention services. “Central services will be reduced to a democratic core with minimum support for departments and more self-service,” the report said. Read more.