Resources on Local Area Coordination and/or Asset Based work
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Reimagining social care: A study in three places
This report is based on a study carried out in the three council areas of Thurrock, Somerset and Wigan, all of which are seeking to transform how they provide social care in the context of diminished financial resources and rising demand. Whilst each council has a different story to tell, they share a commitment to moving forward with asset-based commissioning and strengths-based approaches to practice, including a focus on the Local Area Coordination model. The report captures the ambition, experience and insights of this work in progress and is intended to inspire and inform others who wish to take a similar route. Read the executive summary and main report
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Chief Social Worker for Adults' annual report
The report contains practice developments from across England including a case study from Birmingham about their new social care model which includes: Local Area Coordination, 3 conversations, Family Group Conferencing, and the commissioning led Neighbourhood Networks. Read the full report
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The community paradigm: Why public services need radical change and how it can be achieved
This report has been produced by the New Local Government Network and it suggests that if public services are to move towards a more preventative approach then individual citizens, and particularly their communities and networks, must take on much greater responsibility for their own lives and they need to be given the power to do this...This means fundamentally challenging the strong tendency of public services to hoard power rather than share it. The report recommends that asset-based approaches such as Local Area Coordination should be "adopted as comprehensively as possible across all public services. Read the full report
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Connected Communities - outcome of Loneliness and Social Isolation consultation
The Welsh Government have produced a final report from their recent loneliness and social isolation consultation. It cites wide support for both the British Red Cross and Local Area Coordination models in helping to build community resilience and combating loneliness and isolation. Read the opening statement and full report
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Exploring the new world: practical insights for funding, commissioning and managing in complexity
This update report by Collaborate CIC provides an update to their previous report in 2017. This new work responds to significant interest in learning from practical examples of how organisations, funders and commissioners are fundamentally rethinking their design and delivery of support. It considers an approach based on human relationships, continuous learning and nurturing healthy systems. Read the full report or attend a launch event in Newcastle or London.
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York summative evaluation
The summative evaluation of the Local Area Coordination programme in York has now been published. The evaluation was compiled by the University of York.
The evaluation reviews data collected, along with interviews with people who have made use of Local Area Coordination, community members and Local Area Coordinators.
The evaluation outlines broadly that:
- There is evidence of Local Area Coordinators supporting those who do not meet current eligibility and addressing isolation
- There is evidence of developing non-service solutions that are preventative
- People have been able to upskill and volunteer as a result of Local Area Coordinator support
- People have been able to build a positive vision and plan for their future as a result of Local Area Coordinator support
- Local Area Coordinators enable people to be heard
- There is potential for cost deferral
- Local Area Coordination can have a positive impact on community and system change
Read the full evaluation here
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“My experience of the Coordinators is that they’re able to catch the people as they’re falling, before they’ve hit the bottom, whereas a lot of other support agencies the people have hit the bottom and been there for a while before support is available, because there isn’t the support there." - Community stakeholder
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Local Area Coordination is growing in Swansea!
Swansea Council have approved plans to recruit a further 5 Local Area Coordinators and an Assistant Manager to the team following positive results from the off.
In a recent article by Swansea Evening Post both the cost savings and value of Local Area Coordination to the community were highlighted. Cllr Child, Cabinet Member for care, health and ageing well said Local Area Coordinators are "saving at least twice what they cost" while Cllr Jones suggested the Coordinators were "proving invaluable" and Cllr Black said "we are not a business - the important thing is the value which they add". |
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Bridge building and maintenance
In a recent Social Care Futures blog Nick Sinclair, Director of the Local Area Coordination Network, explored the world of civil and structural engineering as a metaphor for the communities we live in, from the bridge builders making the connections to the cement holding it all together.
Nick looks at the role of the Local Area Coordinator and suggests that alongside others such as TLAP, Coalition for Collaborative Care, Shared Lives Plus, Wellbeing Teams, Community Circles and Community Catalysts, the Local Area Coordination Network can help to strengthen the bridges between communities and public services. Read the full blog here
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“From the start of an area embracing the model, people from communities lead the recruitment of the Local Area Coordinators. This co-produced approach helps to cement the ethos that the Coordinator is a resource for that particular community." - Nick Sinclair
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Job vacancy
Local Area Coordinator in York
£30,500 - £34,797 a year 12 month contract
York City Council are looking to recruit a Local Area Coordinator. The successful candidate will be an exceptional individual who combines a passion for their local community, with a commitment to working alongside people in very practical ways - always looking for local solutions that will enhance their participation in, and contribution to, their local community. Find out more and apply
Closing date: Thursday 25th April 2019
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FREE 'strengths-based approach' webinar by SCIE
The Social Care Institute of Excellence (SCIE) are hosting a free webinar on 3rd May 14:00-15:00 about strengths-based approaches and the Department of Health and Social Care's guidance document which followed on from the 2017 report on strengths-based social work practice with adults.
The webinar will cover:
- A strengths-based practice framework
- A supporting handbook showing what strengths-based practice is and how it fits with the law
Speakers will include Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for Adults and Ewan Kind, SCIE's Chief Operating Officer. Find out more and book a place
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Citizen Network Webinars
The Citizen Network are half way through their webinar series on the 'Keys to Citizenship': Watch the webinars so far:
There will be more to come over the coming months!
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How to get in touch
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