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Dementia ‘One Stop Shop’Opens in ThornabyThe LiveWell Dementia Hub was officially opened on 19May, 2015 by last years Mayor, Councillor Barbara Inman,during Dementia Awareness Week 2015.The LiveWell Dementia Hub is a unique community-basedservice for anyone living in Stockton who would like up to dateinformation, support or training related to dementia. Thisincludes people with dementia, their families and carers andanyone else who would like to know more about the condition.As well as offering people information about dementia andthe support available locally, the Hub also provides a venuefor a range of services. People will now be able to attendmemory clinic appointments, carers education courses,cognitive stimulation therapy or speak to a dementia advisorall in one place.The LiveWell Dementia Hub is led by the Council with supportfrom a number of partners including Age UK Teesside,Alzheimer’s Society, Citizens Advice Bureau, ClevelandAlzheimer's Residential Centre Limited, Sanctuary SupportedLiving and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.The LiveWell Dementia Hub is open on a drop-in basisbetween 10am and 3pm daily.For more information please telephone 01642 527363 oremail [email protected]
Adult Services
Big plans for the care we provide
Adult Services
Big Ticket Programme Newsletter
July 2015Issue 6
Last years Mayor Councillor Barbara Inman
Ian & Mary Mackie
Care Act ELearning -available now!The elearning platform includes 13 care act training elements.For more information or access, simply email:[email protected]
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Better Care FundA number of things have happened since the last update on the Better Care Fund.
Firstly – EmployeesWe have appointed :-• Yvonne Cheung as the Dementia Services
Development Manager. Yvonne started withus on 11 May, 2015.
• MDS Manager, Kathryn Dixon.• Two Transformation Managers, Richard Scott
& Louise Deer to support the development ofthe new Multi-Disciplinary Service (MDS).
We have also delivered a series of drop-in briefingsessions for both health and social care employeesto present our vision for the service, our StocktonWellbeing Model of Care, as detailed below, andhow we will review services together with theirinvolvement over the next 12 to 18 months.Secondly – PartnersWe have delivered a number of presentations todifferent groups over the last couple of months.The purpose of the presentations isto set out our ideas and to gainsupport from our major partners.Finally – The ServiceWe have developed an initial designfor our MDS which is set out belowand complements, in deliveryterms, our Stockton WellbeingModel of Care.At the point of referral into theservice a triage assessment,including prioritisation, will beundertaken by qualifiedprofessionals from either health orsocial care. Currently theseservices are delivered through theSingle Point of Access (SPA) forhealth and First Contact (Adults)for social care. These services will be reviewedin the coming months to ensure joined-uppathways of care are developed.Where a Care Plan is already in place theperson’s care co-ordination will be referreddirectly to their Care Manager, for example aSocial Worker in Care Management.All other referrals will be passed to the CoreTeam and a Wellbeing Facilitator (WBF) assignedwho will develop a Wellbeing Support Plan,commission services to ensure early intervention
support needs are met, for both the individualand where appropriate their carer(s), and co-ordinate progress reviews with the individual,their carer and appropriate professionals.Services will be delivered from both within andoutside the MDS, including the VoluntaryCommunity Social Enterprise sector. For manythe enablement support intervention will meanthey can return ‘home’ without the need for aCare Plan (long term care). However, for others aCare Plan will be needed, either Health or SocialCare, and the WBF will be responsible formanaging the hand-over process to the “CareManager” so that the individual person does nothave to ‘tell their story’ again. It is also hopedthat where a Care Plan is required the earlyintervention has reduced the package of longterm care required and enabled the person tomaintain independence in their “home”.
Moving Forward - Engagement with PeopleWe recognise that to date we have concentratedon shaping the vision and securing buy-in frompartners and more recently engagement withemployees.“Public” engagement is now our priority and wewill be considering how to deliver and involvethe adult population of the Borough in sharingand developing our vision for current servicesand identify future need.
The Care Act 2014
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Lanark Short Breaks Service - New GymLanark Short Breaks Service provides assessed short breaks for people with an identifiedlearning disability who are residents in the Borough and aged between 18-65 years.The aim of Lanark Short Breaks Service is to ensure that all of those who come for a short breakhave access to a range of fun activities both within the house itself but also in the wider communityto develop and enhance their life skills, build and maintain relationships with others, and improvetheir health and wellbeing.As part of our regular ‘house meetings’ we discussed the health and wellbeing of our clients andthe idea of having a gym was identified.Some of our clients accessing short breaks (and their carers) said that they wished to improve theirlevels of physical fitness but felt they would struggle to cope in a large gym, therefore by having asmaller gym it would allow them to build their confidence and skills in using gym equipment.The gym was formally opened by Councillor Jim Beall, Cabinet Member for Adult Services andHealth, in March 2015 and is proving a big hit with those staying for their short breaks!
The Care Act 2014 brings together Care and Supportlegislation together into a single act with a newwell-being principle at its heart. It is introducingmajor reforms to the legal framework for adultcare and support in England - to the duties of localauthorities, to the rights of those in need of care andsupport and their carers and to the funding system.The Act is being introduced in two phases, withthe first phase, Social Care Reform, introduced inApril 2015 and the second phase, Funding Reformand Appeals, planned for April 2016.The reforms introduced in April 2015 have nowtaken effect with the following changes nowimplemented:• A new national eligibility criteria and
assessment process for social care and support;• A new universal deferred payment scheme for
care and support;• New duties to arrange independent advocacy
in certain circumstances;• A new statutory framework for safeguarding
adults at risk of abuse or neglect;• New arrangements for carers including eligibility
assessment, care planning and support;
• New responsibilities forpeople in prison with care and support needs;
• New responsibilities to promote wellbeing andprevent the need for care and support;
• New arrangements to provide information andadvice, including financial advice;
• New duties to facilitate a vibrant, diverse andsustainable market of care and support provision;
• New duties to ensure continuity of care and co-operate with partners.
The Government has recently consulted on itsproposals for the second phase of the reformswhich are planned to take effect in April 2016.The key changes proposed include:• A cap on care costs that an individual would
have to pay in their lifetime;• Changes to the means test which will make
more people eligible for financial support;• The introduction of a statutory appeals system
for adult social care.We are currently awaiting the outcome of theconsultation and confirmation regarding theplanned changes that will be required for April 2016,given recent government announcements.
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For more information contact: Sean McEneany, Head of Adult Services Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01642 527045
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First Contact is Changing...
The management and functionality of thechildren’s team remains unchanged. Contactemail is [email protected] telephone 01642 527764.
The First Contact (Adults) team has beenestablished to ensure we are able to respond toreferrals into the service, both meeting thedemands of the Care Act (2014) and movingforward with the ongoing development of theMulti-Disciplinary Service (MDS) with Health, aspart of the Better Care Fund programme.
The First Contact (Adults) team comprises twoSocial Workers and two First Contact Officers.The introduction of qualified Social Workers intothe team will enable a professional overview of apersons’ well-being (triage) at an early stage toenable a pathway of care to be identified with afocus on early intervention and preventativesupport.
The implementation of the core team of the MDSis expected by September and referrals to theWellbeing Facilitators (see page 2) will join upthe referral pathways of health and social careto enable a holistic assessment of needs andsupport services required. In the meantimeexisting referral arrangements into services willcontinue. Where a person already has a CarePlan in place this will continue to be managed byCare Management.
The First Contact (Adults) team is currentlybased at Kingsway House, Billingham and arepart of the Social Care Operational North Team.They can be contacted using the e-mail [email protected] ortelephone 01642 527764.
First Contact in CESC has changed. Both Adults and Children’s services nowhave their own teams aptly named First Contact (Adults) and First Contact(Children’s). The number however remains the same for both, 01642 527764.
