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  • Sibling carers of children and young people with a terminal or life
    The siblings of children and young people with a life threatening or terminal illness often find themselves in the role of a carer to their ill brother or sister. This can be on an informal basis (for example being with the sibling whilst parents go out to the shops) or require more intense support (for example giving medicine, helping with moving needs etc).
  • First Contact for Carers
    Region: South West, PlymouthOrganisation: Plymouth Guild, Disability Information & Advice Centre (DThe First Contact for Carers project piloted improvements to existing services and pathways for carers to ensure earlier recognition of their needs. This was trialled as follows: 1.
  • Revised Market Position Statement Toolkit
    The Institute of Public Care (IPC) at Oxford Brookes University has developed this document as part of on-going support by the South West Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership to the region's commissioners and providers in their task of transforming services and practice that meet the needs and preferences of service users and their carers.
  • A Guide to Commissioning Befriending Services
    The following guide will help to inform commissioners about how befriending is being delivered in the South West region to improve health and well being outcomes, increase independence and reduce the long term need for care and support. It sets out clearly the process and steps needed to effectively commission high quality befriending either as a stand alone intervention or as part of an integrated package of care and support to help address wider determinants of health, including leisure, housing, transport and environmental services.
  • ULO Consortium Toolkit
    This Toolkit is designed to provide a reference for developing or fully fledged ULOs considering adopting a consortium approach, with a particular focus on the legal and constitutional aspects of consortium development.
  • South Gloucester Self Directed Support Charter
  • Support to Achieve Cultural Change - Tools and Techniques
    Understanding the barriers to Cultural Change - key slides from Virginia McCririck's presentation - Dept of Health South West.
  • GUIDANCE NOTE ON WORKFORCE PLANNING FOR CARE PROVIDERS
    This short guidance note has been produced by the Department of Health - South West to provide a focussed approach to workforce planning to support care providers implement personalised services.
  • Tools for Workforce Planning
    A presentation from Virginia McCriririck from the Department of Health.
  • TIPS AND HINTS FOR WORKFORCE PLANNING
    Tips and hints on Workforce data and methods for analysis, and workforce flexibility.