Agenda item

Transitions in Care – Transition Team

Minutes:

            The Board considered a report of the Director of Adult Social Services, which outlined the background to the creation of the Transition Team, a small project group that was established in 2017 to work with a cross section of families. The aim of the team was to have a joined up approach to transition from education, health and social care with increased and targeted co-ordination and communication from all agencies from a younger age. The age range was to work with young people aged 14-25 years, depending on complexity and how much support they required to go through the transition process. A transition Action plan was developed based on the experiences of a young man and his family, which identified all the key areas that required improvement before changes could be seen.

 

            In September 2017, The Transition Team, was awarded £92,827 from the Department Of Health, following a bid to be involved with the Named Social Worker (NSW), national project, which ran until April 2018. The named Social Worker programme supported sites to make changes to social work practice and wider system conditions that would improve outcomes and experiences for individuals with learning disabilities, and for the people around them. Full details including an evaluation of the pilot were outlined in Appendix 3 of the report.

 

            In addition, as part of the review process, the Board noted a copy of the accessible review document which had been developed by the Transition Team, and had proved successful, when coming to the review stage on how the young person felt about the support they had received from their social worker. (See appendix4)

 

            Following an evaluation of the NSW pilot a cost-benefit analysis completed by York Consultancy had identified a financial return on investment of 5.14 which means a £5.14 saving for every £1 spent on NSW support.

 

            It was noted that a continuation of the Transition team to work within the existing staff structure and continue with the approach of the NSW pilot, would require additional funding of £92,000 a year.

 

            RESOLVED: That the Board agree recommendations designed to continually improve the Transition process and its outcomes for young people and their families.

 

 

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