HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07162013 - C.31RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 21312 to add one part-time 20/40 Social Worker (X0VC) (represented)
position at salary schedule 255 1434 ($4,298 - $5,224) in the In Home Support Services division of the EHSD/Adult
and Aging Bureau Services Bureau.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this position request will result in no increase to the baseline budget. Annual cost for this project position
(.5 FTE IHSS Social Worker) salary and benefits is $53,304. A three year term is $159,912 funded 50% by Centers
of Medi-Cal and Medicare Innovation Grant through Health Services and 50% funded by the IHSS State allocation.
Annual Pension costs are $20,042
BACKGROUND:
Information on grant awarded, purpose, goals:
As part of the Affordable Care Act, EHSD and CCHP are partners in an $11.8 million, 3-year Health Care Innovation
Grant that was awarded by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/16/2013 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Michelle Fregoso,
925-313-1568
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: July 16, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: EHSD, Human Resources
C. 31
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:July 16, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Add one part-time Social Worker in the EHSD/Aging and Adult Services Bureau
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
A new partnership was formed specifically for the grant project. Its purpose is to train a pilot group of California’s
In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) home workers. The partnership is led by the California Long Term Care
Education Center and includes the Shirley Ware Education Center, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, and
San Mateo, Los Angeles and Contra Costa counties.
The grant project will test whether emergency room (ER) visits, hospital admissions and nursing home stays can
be reduced by training IHSS home care workers to assume key roles in the health of their consumer(s). The
training program will be approximately 15 weeks for each set of participants and will cover topics such as CPR
and First Aid; Infection Control; Mobility and Fall Prevention; Nutrition; Bathing and Dressing; Dementia and
Alzheimer’s Disease.
The pilot project is scheduled to begin early in 2013 and is targeted to impact hundreds of IHSS recipients and
their home care workers through 2013.
A&AS’ specific task is to identify and recruit IHSS recipients and their providers who are eligible to participate.
CCHP will evaluate the outcome data for IHSS recipients whose home care workers receive training to determine
the impact on avoidable ER visits and hospital readmissions.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Consequence of Negative Action
If Social Worker position is not added:
As part of the grant responsibilities and protocols, the IHSS Social Workers are responsible for provider and
consumer recruitment which can be time consuming and will have an additional workload impact. Annual
redeterminations are currently out of compliance in East County. Cen-tral and West County will also become
quickly out of compliance due to the additional responsi-bilities. This half-time position will assist the social
workers with the recruitment process and bring East County into compliance; as well as keep West and Central
County from having addi-tional compliance issues.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
None
ATTACHMENTS
P-300 #23123