Sally TabbnerPublic Health Contracts & Commissioning Manager

Social Support CommissioningHome from Hospital services – including Safe & Settle and Relative Support

Service to ensure that vulnerable people are not discharged from hospital alone.

Following a hospital discharge vulnerable adults recover and avoid an unplanned re-admission into hospital and

maintain/improve their health and wellbeingProvided by a partnership:Guild Care (Adur & Worthing)Age UK Horsham (covering Horsham)Age UK West Sussex (covering Arun & Chichester)

Social Support CommissioningDay Activities

These services are currently being reviewed but currently comprise of various activities and schemes as shown below:

The Grange (RVT) - MidhurstGuild Care – WorthingAge UK West Sussex services - AdurLavinia House Centre – HorshamDingemans Centre – Steyning& many more across the County

Social Support CommissioningHelp to Live at Home services

Recently commissioned new services to support people who may be struggling with domestic chores or shopping. This service is aimed at vulnerable people who cannot manage

household tasks without assistance and have a limited income

Provided by:Guild Care (Adur & Worthing)Age UK Horsham (covering Horsham)Age UK West Sussex (covering Chichester & Arun)

Social Support CommissioningTackling Social Isolation & loneliness

This service has been commissioned to support vulnerable residents who are at risk of loneliness. This might include

helping them to join activities or arranging for some company or a chat with regular visits from a volunteer.

Provided by:Royal Voluntary Service (nee WRVS)

Social Support CommissioningInformation & Advice• This includes free advice that helps people resolve their

problems with debt, benefits, employment, housing, discrimination, and other legal type issues and;

• Opportunities for vulnerable people to access information & advice who would not contact Statutory Sector bodies to get help

Provided by:Age UK West SussexThe Citizens Advice Bureau

Social Support CommissioningTimebanks & Skills Exchange• An expression of interest has been submitted by

WSCC to DCLG (Department for Communities & Local Government) for funding to support a potential project that could focus on activating communities by establishing time and skills banks across the county.

• We would also seek to develop peer support volunteering for long term medical conditions, where patients themselves offer practical advice and support to others in the same situation

• Early stage – theoretical only at this stage

Prevention Assessment Teams (P.A.T.s) have been set up in each AS area which:• Undertake an holistic assessment of a

household to identify what support would be required to keep an individual or their carer independent and prevent/delay them requiring more intensive services.

• Identify vulnerable people who have unmet health, psychosocial, functional and/or environmental needs and who are at risk of morbidity, functional decline and dependence

• Identify gaps in service provision and activities

P.A.T.s

• Check a persons general state of health & wellbeing and advise how to keep healthy & manage health issues

• Give advice on how to keep a home safe, secure & warm

• Link people with agencies that can maximise someones income and help to retain independence

• Put someone in touch with local social groups, services and activities

P.A.T.s comprise of Health Advisors (trained Health Professionals), Social Care Staff and Voluntary Sector workers There is a team based in Horsham covering the north of the County, a team in Shoreham covering AAW and a team in Bognor Regis covering the West

The P.A.T. Teams can:

P.A.T.sThe team also:

• Undertake NHS Healthchecks, focussing on areas of Health Inequalities

• Work closely with Wellbeing Hub Staff to provide Health Promotion sessions

• Work with GPs to case find the hard to reach - ?have a role in Proactive Care

• Work with local providers of services to ensure clear care pathways

Wellbeing Hub Services have been set up in each District/Borough area which:

Provide a hub of information and single point of onward referral for members of the public wishing to change behaviours to improve their health

Help to remove barriers that inhibit people improving their health by providing a wrap-around service that will help them to access local health and wellbeing services

Provide or commission additional services to support behaviour change that will reduce unhealthy eating, alcohol misuse, smoking and low levels of physical activity, and help people to better manage long term conditions through lifestyle changes

Wellbeing Hubs

e.g.• Family weight management programmes • Adult Weight Management programmes • Cook and Eat programmes • Adult physical activity courses • Home Energy Visitor projects • Alcohol projects including “Re-think Your Drink”• Workplace Health Coordination• Wellbeing Coaches • Cancer Programmes • Older Persons physical activity courses

Each area commissions a range of programmes designed to meet the local demographic need.

Includes a Decision Support

System

Wellbeing Hub & InformationOnline Support & access to local information

www.westsussexwellbeing.org.uk

Continuous update by Wellbeing Hub Staff