Community Care Services. For the purposes of estimating future demand for services it is probably easier to think not of the seven sub-sectors but of the groups of people receiving the services. Adult residential care, adult day care, housing support and domiciliary care are services that usually come under the heading of “community care”. These are services that tend to be provided to support older people, people who are disabled, or who have an illness or long-term medical 4 adult day care; adult residential care; domiciliary care; early years; housing support services; local authority fieldwork; and residential child care condition. Demand for these services should therefore be determined by the extent to which people have a condition requiring such support. As prevalence rates for illnesses and conditions are often associated with age, future demand for such services can be estimated by looking at the impact of demographic change. In 2004, the Scottish Executive’s Health Department (as was) published a report which attempted to do just that. The approach taken in the first Range and Capacity Review report (Scottish Executive, 2004) was to define need primarily (although not solely) in terms of incidence of specific illnesses/conditions. This approach is particularly suited to the health sector and while not relevant to some social services (e.g. criminal justice social work) sits, as already discussed, reasonably well with community care services. While the focus of the report was on health services they also examined the impact on adult residential care, adult day care and domiciliary care. The Review also addressed the issue of different forms of service delivery by examining seven scenarios with a different approach to meeting needs taken in each. These scenarios included; a continuation of current practices; increased emphasis on residential care; and increased emphasis on maintaining people in the community. The report’s baseline scenario assumed that prevalence rates will remain the same and that so will current policies on service delivery. On this basis they identified the following increases in staffing by 2017: • residential care – 37% • day care – 32% • domiciliary care 32% This “expansion demand” is thought to be roughly equivalent to a further 27,000 full time jobs in these sub-sectors alone by 2017. Given the higher levels of part-time working (38%) within the social services sector this could mean more than 36,000 individuals. While we cannot be certain that the...
Community Care Services. The Community Services Team comprises Aged Care Assessment Services, Community Allied Health Services, Community Care Services, Carer Support Services and Community Nursing and Home Care Services. Community Services operate in a diverse community in terms of age, gender, health issues, abilities, cultural and socio-economic background, language, skills, education, spirituality and sexuality. Community Care Services conducts a high-quality case management service across the Loddon Mallee region. Case management supports people who are frail aged and younger people with a disability and their carers to live independently in the community. The service provides individual case management to consumers which may include the purchase of additional supports such as care, services & equipment to complement the case management role. The program provides: • Home and Community Care Program for Younger People (HACCPYP) • HACC PYP Linkages • Support coordination for people with disability (under National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)) • Care coordination for Home Care Package (HCP) consumers • Short Term Restorative Care Program HACC PYP is for people under 65 and Aboriginal people under 50, who need assistance with daily activities , including personal care, dressing, preparing meals, house cleaning, property maintenance, community access and using public transport. The program has been designed to support people with disabilities, a medical or health condition and their respective carers to live as independently as possible in their own homes. All staff at Bendigo Health should have, or aspire to the personal qualities, knowledge and skills as described in the Bendigo Health Staff Capabilities Statement. Refer to link at top of page. The assessment officer will complete holistic assessments of need to support the development of goal directed support plans promoting a strengths based approach. The role will also lead and participate in community development and social inclusion activities. Home based assessments for HACC PYP must be completed within the Department of Families Fairness and Housing (DFFH) and Home and Community Care Program for Younger People (HACC PYP) guidelines. • Conduct and ensure clients assessments for support services are coordinated and equitable, according to HACC PYP guidelines and the Active Service Model. • Develop goal directed care plans in partnership with clients, carers, other relevant persons and/or service providers. • Perform re...
