Carers strategies and joined-up working

This section highlights partnerships between health, social care, statutory, voluntary and not-for-profit organisations and commissioning and strategic planning, that improves services for carers.

• East Midlands Carers Toolkit
  Published in November 2009, the East Midlands toolkit includes content to help local authorities and their NHS colleagues assess their progress in implementing the 2008 national carers strategy. It also...
• National Carers Strategy
  This link takes you to the Carers Strategy page of the Department of Health website where you can find the 2008 Carers Strategy plus additional information
• Multi-agency strategy for carers
  This multi agency commissioning strategy from Staffordshire outlines the vision and commitments to carers for 2008-2011 between partner organisations. It includes a commitment to personal budgets and...
• Lead commissioning role for Herts Adult Care Services with PCT-funded carers breaks
  The two Hertfordshire PCTs have put their carer's breaks money into a section 75 agreement and Hertfordshire Adult Care Services act as lead commissioner to ensure that new monies are spent in a way that...
• Joint Commissioning Unit
  Staffordshire's joint commissioning unit is a partnership between Health and Social care and carer's services are jointly commissioned. The Commissioning manager for carers provides specialist advice...
• Carers Strategy and Commissioning Strategy
  This is an example of a three year commissioning strategy for carers from Manchester City Council. It sets out a vision and priorities linked with the Carers Strategy and Putting People First agenda including...
• Commissioning for Carers
  Commissioning for Carers was DH funded and produced by the Princess Royal Trust for Carers (PRTC), Crossroads Care, Carers UK, ADASS, NHS Confederation, IDEA, LGA, National Black Carers and Carers...
• Carers Partnership Board Terms of Reference
  This document provides details of the Buckinghamshire Carers' Partnership Board purpose and constitution.
• Implementation of SCIE guidance
  Liverpool is one of six sites working with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) to implement 'think child, think parent, think family: a guide to parental mental health and child welfare.'...
• Incorporation of Carers Issues in Neighbourhood Plans
  In Blackburn with Darwin the senior carers strategy manager worked to make links between the carers strategy, Local Strategic Partnerships and Local Area Agreements and to encourage others to 'think carer'...
• Carers pathway
  This chart provides a high level overview of the carer's pathway from an organisational perspective.
• Joint working between Salford City Council & NHS Salford to support Carers
  Salford City Council and NHS Salford have established excellent working relationships to improve outcomes for carers. This document describes the arrangements between them and the projects that have...
• Older Family Carers Services annual report
  This report shows activity data of the Older Families Carers service in Hertfordshire between 2008 - 9.
• The South West London and St George's Carers, Families and Friends Strategy 2010-13
  This strategy was developed by listening very closely to people's stories. The issue of stigma in mental health came over very strongly as an inhibitor to getting on with one's own life. This can be...
• Cheshire East Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)
  In Cheshire East, the findings of local research by the Alzheimer's Society into the views of people with dementia and their families were used to inform the JSNA. The research was funded by the Central...
• The Whole Family Pathway
  Developed by The Children's Society in partnership with the Disabled Parents Network and The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, the Whole Family Pathway is a resource designed to: encourage and support...
• Working together to support young carers: a model local memorandum of understanding
  Children and young people who care have the same rights as all children and young people, and those providing support and services should be pursuing the same outcomes for them. They should be able to...