Housing Care and Support, 7(3), September 2004, pp.4-8.
Publisher:
Emerald
States that too many health and social care services are failing to meet complex needs, presented as a framework to help understand multiple interlocking needs spanning health and social issues, encompassing mental health problems combined with substance misuse and/or disability, including learning disability, and social exclusion. Outlines a strategy for promoting the well-being and inclusion of people with complex needs. Describes how new responses from existing services can promote better support for such people, such as connected care centres, a reformed commissioning process and a new 'navigational' role for the social care worker.
States that too many health and social care services are failing to meet complex needs, presented as a framework to help understand multiple interlocking needs spanning health and social issues, encompassing mental health problems combined with substance misuse and/or disability, including learning disability, and social exclusion. Outlines a strategy for promoting the well-being and inclusion of people with complex needs. Describes how new responses from existing services can promote better support for such people, such as connected care centres, a reformed commissioning process and a new 'navigational' role for the social care worker.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mental health, mental health problems, needs, social exclusion, social care, social care provision, substance misuse, unmet need, commissioning, health care, health needs, complex needs;
Institute for Public Policy Research, Turning Point
Publication year:
2004
Pagination:
82p.
Place of publication:
London
There is a significant gap in services for people with complex needs. People with complex needs may have to deal with a number of different issues in their lives, for example a learning disability, mental health problems, or substance abuse. The may also be living in deprived circumstances and lack access to stable housing or meaningful daily activity. This book presents a strategy for reform to meet complex needs. Arguing for government to make stronger connections between social care and social inclusion, it calls for a new kind of delivery model for people with complex needs who live in deprived neighbourhoods. The authors explore how frontline reforms might be achieved through a reformed commissioning process, as well as a commitment to purposeful cultural change. Attention to the process of translating policy into practice should ensure that social care services meet complex needs more effectively in the future.
There is a significant gap in services for people with complex needs. People with complex needs may have to deal with a number of different issues in their lives, for example a learning disability, mental health problems, or substance abuse. The may also be living in deprived circumstances and lack access to stable housing or meaningful daily activity. This book presents a strategy for reform to meet complex needs. Arguing for government to make stronger connections between social care and social inclusion, it calls for a new kind of delivery model for people with complex needs who live in deprived neighbourhoods. The authors explore how frontline reforms might be achieved through a reformed commissioning process, as well as a commitment to purposeful cultural change. Attention to the process of translating policy into practice should ensure that social care services meet complex needs more effectively in the future.
Subject terms:
housing, joint working, learning disabilities, joint commissioning, mental health problems, multiple disabilities, social exclusion, social care, social care provision, activities of daily living, commissioning, complex needs;