| Policy
National policy is to extend housing and care choices to
vulnerable groups and to permit more people to live independently
in their own homes.
It is envisaged that there will be less reliance on more institutional
forms of provision like residential care homes or hospitals
and greater use of general needs accommodation with individuals
having more chance to choose who they want to live with, if
anyone and how they are supported.
Problems
Are services good enough for the future ? There may be a
need to improve or change. Compliance with Care Standards
in 2007 and Supporting People requirements. Service commissioners
and providers may have an idea of where they want to be but
it’s not always easy to do in practice:
- Making it right for the service users
- Getting staff support, resources and money
- Ways of finding housing
- Creating sound structures
- Programming change
H & SP Solutions
- Service review and evaluation
- Option appraisals
- New service models
- Individual Housing Option Plans
- Financial and housing resources
- Effective partnership structures
- Strategy and programme for change
- Experienced help to make it happen
Examples
2nd stage reprovision of health trust community learning
disability services
Closure and reprovision for a local authority home
Rethinking residential care services, a review and strategy
for a major housing association provider
An
example process for reshaping services |
