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Care management
- Assessing social care needs and helping service users and carers to develop personal support plans. We provide a service to all residents including people in hospital, older people, people who have mental health needs, disabled people, people with learning difficulties and asylum seekers.
- We monitor and review support plans and care packages to ensure that they are still right to meet an individuals needs
- Ensure that the resources allocated to meet assessed needs are appropriate and used to meet the identified outcomes for service users and their carers. We can arrange a Direct Payment or can purchase services depending on the preference of the service user and carer
- Quickly responding to and investigating safeguarding concerns to ensure that vulnerable adults are supported by services that are safe.
Care services
- Jointly provides intermediate care and reablement services with Bristol Community Health to allow service users to be more independent.
- Directly provides day opportunities, preventative and residential care services.
Strategic Planning and Commissioning
- Defines the direction, and outcomes needed from our care providers
- Specifies and procures services for the local population, and monitors the quality of care delivered
- Also monitors and reports on the performance of the Directorate.
