Mental Health adult The Reablement service Funded via Sirona’s Impacts: The service The service has of working age provides a pre and post main service contract helps to prevent recently been reablement team crisis intervention people escalating into redesigned (effective – depending on where in the acute clinical need. It July 1) and so far it MH system service users also helps people seems to be achieving are. It undertakes an initial who are recovering its expected outcomes assessment, develops a from an acute within the agreed support plan and then episode to reintegrate timescales. implements the plan. The into the community. Performance in episode of support is In some relation to the redesign Challenges: normally completed within cases support is specification will be weeks and the case is required beyond the kept under review. closed once the service time-limited service – user’s needs have been met i.e. for more than 6-8 and any onward signposting weeks. However this i.e. to community networks can be managed – or another provider has through signposting. – been completed. There are also occasions when a client is registered with a GP but resident in another local authority area and so pathways of care can be complicated.
Mental Health adult of working age reablement team The Reablement service provides a pre and post crisis intervention – depending on where in the MH system service users are. It undertakes an initial assessment, develops a support plan and then implements the plan. The episode of support is normally completed within weeks and the case is closed once the service user’s needs have been met and any onward signposting – i.e. to community networks or another provider – has been completed. Funded via Sirona’s main service contract Impacts: The service helps to prevent people escalating into acute clinical need. It also helps people who are recovering from an acute episode to reintegrate into the community. Challenges: In some cases support is required beyond the time-limited service – i.e. for more than 6-8 weeks. However this can be managed through signposting. There are also occasions when a client is registered with a GP but resident in another local authority area and so pathways of care can be complicated. The service has recently been redesigned (effective July 1) and so far it seems to be achieving its expected outcomes within the agreed timescales. Performance in relation to the redesign specification will be kept under review.
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