The SeNS SHARED Programme and the Assistant Practitioner.

Iain Skelton Business Manager

Stockport Council 19 September 2014

SeNS SHARED

• The Stockport journey

• When it started- and 12 years on

Delivering the Workforce 2002• Developing a generic worker operating at the interface of

health and social care

• Supporting staff to undertake a two year Foundation Degree via the University of Bolton

• A minority as a social care provider.

• Assessing and outlining a competency framework.

• Over 80 staff going through the training

• The SHARED programme.

• Who the service is for? • What support it offers• How it benefits users• How the programme is funded?

Skill mix and the input of the Assistant Practitioner

• Need to ensure that the support offered within the programme was able to deliver competent and appropriate responses to people with a dementia and their carers

• An ability to offer support above and beyond the traditional day centre

• An understanding of the disease and its effects on users and carers

Obstacles & Opportunities• Funding stream SeNS (European) – funded up to

March 2015 • Capacity – maintaining a waiting list for the

programme • Follow on - now offering an additional day for

people who have completed the programme • Structural changes - ISSK Day Services moving in

to a new “mutual trading company Step Out” with Age UK Stockport.

Outcomes• Requirement to provide information to SeNS • Currently based on numbers rather than outcomes• Customer evaluation – allowing for adjustments and

developments• Customers placed in a strong position to access on -

going services• Substantial qualitative feedback• National interest- ITN News & Sunday Mirror• Health Education North West Case Study

OutcomesQuotes“I don’t know what we’d have done without these activities. It’s been great to see my dad playing snooker and my mum and dad dancing and smiling again, also socialising with others.”

“ This service accepts and works with people which other traditional day services cannot. It provides an invaluable lifeline for users and carers.”

Having our time again!• Look at real measures on saving from input• Reduced admissions to residential/nursing homes• Reduced acute admissions• Less pressure on General Practice• Reduced prescribing • Social Return on Investment Study

What the people say !

SeNS SHARED

Thank You!