Issue - meetings

The Directors of Adult Social Care, Children’s Services and Public Health will be in attendance to provide the Panel with an overview of the services provided across their Directorates, and to highlight the strategic and departmental priorities for the coming year.

 

The Deputy Director of Delivery for the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) will be in attendance to provide the Panel with an overview of the Tees Valley health landscape; key health issues, challenges and opportunities; and matters for Members to note over the next twelve months.

 

Recommendation: That the Panel notes the information provided and considers the information when formulating its Work Programme (next agenda item).

The Chair welcomed the following to the meeting:

 

·        Mark Adams - Joint Director of Public Health.

·        Erik Scollay - Director of Adult Social Care and Health Integration.

·        Joe Tynan - Executive Director of Children’s Services.

 

The Directors were in attendance to provide the panel with an overview of the services provided across their Directorates, and to highlight the strategic and departmental priorities for the coming year.

 

The Chair also welcomed Katie McLeod, Deputy Director of Delivery for the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) to the meeting, who had been invited to provide the panel with an overview of the Tees Valley health landscape; key health issues, challenges and opportunities; and matters for Members to note over the next twelve months.

 

Each of the Directors delivered, in-turn, a presentation to Members.

 

The Director of Adult Social Care and Health Integration focused on the broad portfolio of work that Adult Social Care encompassed; associated legislation; departmental structure; and key challenges and issues.

 

In terms of key legislation, focus was given towards the Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.  Details around the use of this central legislation in supporting and safeguarding individuals impaired by physical or mental impairment or illness, and how decisions were taken for those individuals, were provided.  It was noted that these were Council duties, not Adult Social Care duties, and therefore all staff working for the Local Authority, particularly those working closely with members of the community, had a duty to maintain awareness of the needs of individuals, and to raise any concerns as appropriate.  A comparison between previous legislation and the Care Act was made; it was highlighted that the current legislation placed individuals at the centre and built both their needs and aspirations into their care planning.

 

The panel was provided with an overview of the staffing structure and the range of services provided by Adult Social Care.  These were as follows:

 

·        Access and Safeguarding.

·        Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) Service.

·        Community Mental Health (including former Psychosis and Affective Disorder Teams).

·        Autism Day Centre.

·        Community Inclusion Service.

·        Connect Service.

·        Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding (BIAs).

·        Domestic Abuse Support.

·        East and West Locality Social Work.

·        Estates Support.

·        Forensic Mental Health/Learning Disabilities.

·        Homelessness Support.

·        Hospital Social Work (including weekend service).

·        Learning Disability and Transitions Social Work.

·        Levick Court.

·        MAMMS (Handyperson) Scheme.

·        North Ormesby Day Centre (Frailty and Dementia).

·        Occupational Therapy.

·        Older People’s Mental Health.

·        Reablement Team / Middlesbrough Mobile Reablement Unit.

·        Service Improvement Programme.

·        South Tees Integration Programme.

·        Staying Put Agency (including Digital Inclusion developments).

·        Tees Community Equipment Service.

·        The Orchard Day Centre.

 

The importance of partnership working in delivering these services was highlighted to the panel. 

 

It was explained that key external relationships existed with:

 

·        Cleveland Police.

·        Independent Providers.

·        NHS Integrated Care System.

·        South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustees, Esk and Wear Valleys.

·        Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV).

·        Tees Safeguarding Adults Board (TSAB).

·        Voluntary and Community Sector / MVDA.

 

Key internal relationships existed with:

 

·        Children’s Services.

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