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Today, I am launching our consultation on the workforce elements within phase 2 of implementation of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016. This consultation, which will run for eight weeks, builds on last year’s consultation on our proposed response to the issues facing domiciliary care in Wales. It sets out how we will use the statutory framework we are putting in place under the 2016 Act to support the sector in addressing pressing issues around recruitment and retention and working practices, and so uphold the rights of Welsh citizens to dignified, safe and appropriate care and support.  

  

When we consulted on our policy proposals last year, we received clear messages about the need to support the recruitment and retention of workers and to preserve the continuity and quality of care. The adverse effects that can result from support being provided via zero hours arrangements and the need to promote processes and practices which preserve the amount of time actually spent delivering care and support both came through strongly in the responses we received.  

  

This consultation therefore tests a draft regulation that requires providers of domiciliary support services to distinguish clearly between travel time and care time when arranging those services. This is intended to promote greater transparency and to inform action to ensure that care time is not unduly eroded, and the quality of care affected, by travel between visits.    

  

Research findings and our previous consultation responses also evidenced a link between the prevalence of zero hours contracts and a reduced quality of care, due to issues with continuity of care and support, and with communication between domiciliary care workers and those they support. As a Welsh Government we consider that the quality of care and support is paramount. I have therefore also taken this opportunity to put forward a draft regulation that seeks to influence the use of zero hours contracts within domiciliary support services, so as to safeguard the quality of care provided.  

  

Both of these proposals link directly to the draft Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) Regulations 2017 that were published for consultation on 2 May.    

  

It would be my intention to use these Regulations as the legislative vehicle for the changes I am consulting on today. Collectively, the aim of the draft provisions is to improve the quality and continuity of care for those receiving domiciliary support.    

  

Improving the profile and standing of domiciliary care work is a core aim of the Welsh Government and we have long made it clear that we regard the mandatory registration of workers in domiciliary support services as a necessary component of this. The extension of registration to new groups of the workforce needs to be appropriately timetabled to allow sufficient time for workers to familiarise themselves and comply with the registration requirements, and to add them to the register in a measured way. I am therefore also seeking views on proposals to open the Social Care Wales register of social care workers to those employed in regulated domiciliary support services (i.e. domiciliary care workers) from 2018, to support this managed transition.  

  

Finally, as a Welsh Government we are clear that good social care management is critical to the quality of care and support received.  However, we are also aware of the challenges of recruiting and retaining social care managers, including the difficulties experienced in obtaining the required qualifications and the extent of turnover in this part of the workforce. This is a problem which all stakeholders within social care need to work together to quantify and address. I am therefore using this consultation to seek views on how we may address current challenges in the recruitment and retention of social care managers, to help secure a sufficient supply of trained, capable social care managers which the future of social care in Wales requires.







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Heddiw, rwyf yn lansio ein hymgynghoriad ar elfennau'r gweithlu yng ngham 2 o roi Deddf Rheoleiddio ac Arolygu Gofal Cymdeithasol (Cymru) 2016 ar waith. Mae'r ymgynghoriad hwn, a fydd yn para am wyth wythnos, yn adeiladu ar ymgynghoriad y llynedd ar ein hymateb arfaethedig i'r materion sy'n wynebu gofal cartref yng Nghymru. Mae'n nodi sut y byddwn yn defnyddio'r fframwaith statudol yr ydym yn ei sefydlu o dan Ddeddf 2016 i gefnogi'r sector wrth fynd i'r afael â materion pwysig ynghylch recriwtio a chadw ac arferion gwaith, a thrwy hynny cynnal hawliau dinasyddion Cymru i gael gofal a chymorth diogel a phriodol.   
  
Pan fu inni ymgynghori y llynedd ar ein cynigion polisi y llynedd, cawsom negeseuon clir am yr angen i gefnogi recriwtio a chadw gweithwyr ac i gadw dilyniant ac ansawdd gofal. Roedd yr effeithiau andwyol sy'n gallu deillio o ddarparu cymorth trwy drefniadau dim oriau a'r angen i hyrwyddo prosesau ac arferion sy'n cadw faint o amser sy'n cael ei dreulio yn darparu gofal a chymorth yn rhan allweddol o'r ymatebion a ddaeth i law.   
  
Mae'r ymgynghoriad felly'n profi rheoliad drafft sy'n ei gwneud yn ofynnol i ddarparwyr gwasanaethau cymorth cartref wahaniaethau'n glir rhwng amser teithio ac amser gofal wrth drefnu'r gwasanaethau hynny. Bwriedir i hyn ddarparu mwy o dryloywder a llywio camau i sicrhau nad yw amser gofal yn cael ei erydu, ac nad yw amser teithio rhwng ymweliadau'n effeithio ar ansawdd y gofal.  
  
Dangosodd canfyddiadau ymchwil a'r ymatebion i'n hymgynghoriadau blaenorol gysylltiad rhwng amlder contractau dim oriau a gostyngiad yn lefel y gofal, a hynny oherwydd materion ynghylch dilyniant o ran gofal a chymorth, a chyfathrebu rhwng gweithwyr gofal cartref a'r rhai y maent yn eu cefnogi. Fel Llywodraeth Cymru rydym o'r farn bod ansawdd gofal a chymorth yn hollbwysig. Rwyf, felly, wedi achub y cyfle hwn i gyflwyno rheoliad drafft sy'n ceisio dylanwadu ar y defnydd o gontractau dim oriau o fewn gwasanaethau cymorth cartref, er mwyn diogelu ansawdd y gofal a ddarperir.   
  
Mae'r ddau gynnig hyn yn cysylltu'n uniongyrchol â Rheoliadau drafft Gwasanaethau Rheoleiddiedig (Darparwyr Gwasanaethau ac Unigolion Cyfrifol) 2017 a gyhoeddwyd at ddibenion ymgynghori ar 2 Mai.    
  
Byddai'n fwriad gennyf ddefnyddio'r rheoliadau fel y cyfrwng deddfwriaethol ar gyfer y newidiadau yr wyf yn ymgynghori arnynt heddiw.  Gyda’i gilydd, nod y darpariaethau drafft yw gwella ansawdd a dilyniant gofal i'r rhai sy'n cael cymorth cartref.    
  
Mae gwella proffil a statws gwaith gofal cartref yn un o nodau Llywodraeth Cymru ac rydym wedi'i gwneud yn glir ers tro ein bod yn credu bod cofrestru gorfodol gweithwyr mewn gwasanaethau cymorth cartref yn elfen angenrheidiol yn hyn o beth. Mae angen amserlennu estyn cofrestru i grwpiau newydd o'r gweithlu yn briodol er mwyn caniatáu digon o amser i weithwyr ymgynefino â'r gofynion cofrestru a chydymffurfio â hwy a'u hychwanegu at y gofrestr mewn ffordd gytbwys.  Rwyf felly'n gofyn am farn am gynigion i agor cofrestr Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru o weithwyr gofal cymdeithasol i'r rhai sydd wedi'u cyflogi mewn gwasanaethau cymorth cartref rheoleiddiedig (h.y. gweithwyr gofal cartref) o 2018, i gefnogi'r pontio rheoledig hwn.  
  
Yn olaf, fel Llywodraeth Cymru rydym yn glir bod rheolaeth dda ar ofal cymdeithasol yn hanfodol i ansawdd y gofal a'r cymorth a dderbynnir. Er hynny, rydym hefyd yn ymwybodol o heriau recriwtio a chadw rheolwyr gofal cymdeithasol, gan gynnwys yr anawsterau sydd ynghlwm wrth ennill y cymwysterau angenrheidiol a graddau'r trosiant yn y rhan hon o'r gweithlu. Mae hon yn broblem y mae rhaid i'r holl rhanddeiliaid ym maes gofal cymdeithasol weithio gyda'i gilydd i'w meintioli a mynd i'r afael â hi. Rwyf felly'n defnyddio'r ymgynghoriad hwn i geisio barn am sut y gallwn fynd i'r afael â heriau presennol o ran recriwtio a chadw rheolwyr gofal cymdeithasol, er mwyn helpu i sicrhau cyflenwad digonol o reolwyr gofal cymdeithasol galluog y mae ar ddyfodol gofal cymdeithasol yng Nghymru ei angen.