Scoping the impact of respite April 2015- capacity on improving system March 2017 flow. MH Auditing current HTT caseloads, Commissioner capacity especially provision after 6pm. Delivering out of hour’s provision TBC MH & CYP for children and people. Commissioners Scoping potential wider system impacts of more intensive Police Custody community support MH and MH Leads – design and New Dawn. On-going To commission of safety services for adults and children and young people. CI Mike O’Hara Reviewing current training of PST and restraint for people who are mentally ill or learning disabled. Formulate and deliver a programme of suitable training for staff annual refresher – courses. Ensuring that custody will not be used as a Place of Safety unless in exceptional circumstances. Review Safer Detention Policy to ensure that this directive is clear. B2 Ensure equality of Dudley MBC commissions third To improve the equality of access All Partners to the I am confident that: access and sector organisations to engage with and outcomes for people in MH Although much Declaration All services and agencies within outcomes for hard to reach groups including crisis from communities with of this work is Dudley are more sensitive to, and people in mental black minority and ethnic groups protected characteristics we will: on-going, there Council and CCG supportive of, people who belong health crisis, with across the borough of Dudley Consult and engage with has been no Equality and to communities with ‘protected particular including the Carers Centre. communities with or Diversity Leads. characteristics’ and that they will ‘protected reference to Dudley Public Health commission characteristics’ early on when evaluation make adjustments’ ‘reasonable engagement with Community Development workers commissioning services. undertaken to Statutory, where required. people with whose remit is to target hard to Make sure that staff are date community and People who belong to groups with reach groups including BME, delivering person-centred care third sector characteristics’ feel ‘protected ‘protective characteristics’. that takes into account their providers.
Scoping the impact of respite capacity on improving system flow. Auditing current HTT caseloads, capacity especially provision after 6pm. Delivering out of hour’s provision for children and people. Scoping potential wider system impacts of more intensive community support – MH and New Dawn. To commission of safety services for adults and children and young people. Reviewing current training of PST and restraint for people who are mentally ill or learning disabled. Formulate and deliver a programme of suitable training for staff – annual refresher courses. Ensuring that custody will not be used as a Place of Safety unless in exceptional circumstances. Review Safer Detention Policy to ensure that this directive is clear. April 2015- March 2017 TBC On-going MH Commissioner MH & CYP Commissioners Police Custody and MH Leads CI Mike O’Hara B2 Ensure equality of access and outcomes for people in mental health crisis, with particular reference to engagement with people with ‘protected characteristics’. Dudley MBC commissions third sector organisations to engage with hard to reach groups including black minority and ethnic groups across the borough of Dudley including the Carers Centre. Dudley Public Health commission Community Development workers whose remit is to target hard to reach groups including BME, To improve the equality of access and outcomes for people in MH crisis from communities with protected characteristics we will: Consult and engage with communities with ‘protected characteristics’ early on when commissioning services. Make sure that staff are delivering person-centred care that takes into account their Although much of this work is on-going, there has been no or evaluation undertaken to date All Partners to the Declaration Council and CCG Equality and Diversity Leads. Statutory, community and third sector providers. I am confident that: All services and agencies within Dudley are more sensitive to, and supportive of, people who belong to communities with ‘protected characteristics’ and that they will make ‘reasonable adjustments’ where required. People who belong to groups with ‘protective characteristics’ feel design