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Voluntary Sector Representation
within Community Health
& Social Care Teams
Lucy de Garis
15th July 2015
Community Health & Social Care Teams
Integrated health and social care teams
(Community Health and Social Care teams)
work alongside GP practices across Devon
focused on people, and their carers, with long
term conditions and / or complex needs.
New agreement for Voluntary Sector Representation
within Community Health & Social Care Teams
Service originally started in 2007
Put out to tender in January 2015 - to start
in April 2015 and run until March 2017
Partnership between Westbank
and DeVA
Westbank: Involved in voluntary sector representation from the start
“Providing care, promoting health” for 29 years
Experienced in partnerships, consortia and project/programme management
DeVA: hold intelligence on services from the voluntary sector across
Devon
support groups in sharing knowledge and spreading expertise
act as a conduit between the sector and public and private agencies to ensure a partnership approach to developing solutions for our communities
Voluntary Sector Representation within the Community
Health and Social Care Teams - Staffing Structure
“The key purpose of the voluntary
sector representative role as part of
the community health and social care
teams is to provide a ‘bridge’ to the
local voluntary and community sector”
Objectives of the service
To represent the voluntary and community sector as a whole,
not just one organisation
To raise awareness of the range of voluntary and community
sector opportunities and resources available to support people
in the community
To refer appropriately and impartially to voluntary and
community sector services
To create and maintain key relationships with voluntary and
community sector organisations
Representatives to operate as an equal partner in the
community health and social care teams
What this means in practice - VSRs
Voluntary Sector Representatives (VSRs) have 8 hours per
week per Community Health & Social Care Team:
Attending CH&SCT meetings; proactively accepting referrals
Acting upon referrals
Receiving referrals outside of meetings
Reporting and monitoring requirements
Creating and maintaining links with voluntary and community
organisations
What this means in practice – Co-ordinators
VSR Co-ordinators have 2 hours per week per Community
Health & Social Care Team:
Co-ordinating intelligence, knowledge, local influence and
infrastructure
Supporting and supervising VSRs
Ensuring that information regarding unmet needs / gaps in service is
fed into the capacity building and infrastructure services
commissioned by DCC
Organising networking events for representatives to meet with
provider organisations from the voluntary and community sector
Liaising with other CH&SCT co-ordinators across Devon to create a
county-wide picture
Additional capacity; potential developments
Bank / pool of additional VSR hours:
To cover training and networking requirements
To allow flexibility to respond to areas for
development:
Might include responding to demand from areas
of high need, extending access to the service into
Care Direct Plus or responding to the expansion
of CH&SCTs to incorporate support for people
with learning disabilities
Northern and Southern Areas
Area & Co-ordinator CH&SCT VSR
Northern area
Clare Humphreys
Braunton and Ilfracombe Wendy Butler
South Molton and Chumleigh Louise Merrifield
Barnstaple Sandra Bond
Torrington & Holsworthy Kaye Corfe
Bideford & Northam Kaye Corfe
Southern area
Nick Cape
Dawlish & Teignmouth Sarah Coley
Newton Abbot Maggie Bonnell
Teign Valley & South Dartmoor Sarah Coley
Totnes & Dartmouth Alison Stocks
Bob Alford
Ivybridge Ali Fife (temporary)
Kingsbridge Lisa Butcher
Tavistock Sarah Hardwick
Eastern, Exeter and WEB Areas
Area & Co-ordinator CH&SCT VSR
Eastern area
Barbara Starkiss
Honiton & Ottery Jane Ross
Axe Valley, Seaton & Sidmouth Currently have a gap
Tiverton Susanna Venner
Cullompton Ros Channon
Crediton Sarah Carter
Okehampton Jenny Beavon
Exeter & WEB area
Nina Parnell
Exmouth & Budleigh Pat Cridlin
Exeter A Denise Knowles
Exeter B
Jane Greenslade (Ide Lane)
Rachel Gilpin (Topsham)
Andy Butler (Westbank)
Exeter C Andy Butler
Exeter D Andy Butler
What this means for you
There will be a VSR and a Co-ordinator for
your area
Opportunity to link with them and to make
sure they know about your service
Ability to refer people in to the CH&SCTs
(with their consent)
