“How the role of a Senior Social Worker/Occupational Therapist will support and promote personalization and

integration”.

How am I going to do it?

The role of the Senior Social Worker/Occupational Therapist:

• Leadership Responsibility to the service user (Customer centred practices)

• Leadership Responsibility on behalf of the service (Representing the Council to a high standard at all times)

• Leadership Responsibility to Supervisees (in order to fulfil our ASCOF requirements )

Why am I going to do it?

Transforming service delivery in Lewisham .

• Council’s Vision and Priorities - Vision as outlined on corporate intranet states that “ Together, we will make the council the best place in London to live, work and learn”

• Adult Social Care driver for change – Care Act 2014 & Better Together Fund

• To meet the changing needs of the local population

Story board – Customer Domains

SCAIT/District Nurses(Referral/Signposting& Safeguarding)

New customers or service users

Eligibility criteria

Reablement offered

Assessments (including OT)

Support planning VA Panel Six weeks review

Key working around GP clusters

Case closure or care to review tray

Carers Assessments& Respite

Hospital social work assessments

Continuing care -fast track & Cat 1

Mental capacity assessments/DOLS/BIAs

Community Organisation (including Charities)

Housing Needs

Trusted Assessors (e.g. equipments and minor adaptations)

LINC/LATT Learning Disability teams

Mental Health services (e.g. CMHT)

Moving forward: Customer Journey 2014-2016

• Single access point (Health and Social Care staff group) *Prevention and Recovery • Reablement Services (Invest to Save)

• Longer Term Support *GP Clusters

• A reconfigured Hospital Social Work Service in line with the new customer journey

*Hubs

Bibliography

• Cllr Scott (2008)Review of ‘A Picture of Health for Outer South East London’. Community Unit

• Department of Health SCLGCP-18280 (2013) The Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework 2014/2015

• Hutton& Carlin (2013)Vision for Adult Social Care/Joint Commissioning 2014 – 18. Lewisham

• Lewisham Intranet: http://ls/C14/Our%20vision%20and%20priorities/default.aspx

• Wilson (2010) DFG SN/SP/3011 Social Policy Section