(To receive a further update from the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust and Officers of the Council)
Minutes:
The Chair welcomed the guests who were attending this meeting from Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust (MPFT) as requested by the Committee; Upkar Jheeta, Head of Primary Care Development also officers from Tamworth Borough Council Jo Sands, Assistant Director Partnerships and Linda Ram, Public Relations Manager.
Upkar updated on progress that has been made since the last update on 23rd September 2021. Co-produced a model with service users which looks at a whole spectrum of need. It is known from previous experiences that people fall in between the gaps of provision so the model that has been created as overlapping that prevents that gap in provision.
A series of Tender opportunities have now been launched for local organisations to bid for, around helping to support individuals to navigate through health services and also to help with some of the gaps in commissioning. Services out for tender:
• Housing in partnership with Tamworth Borough Council and local
housing providers
• Also out for tender Financial Wellbeing, helping individuals to maximise
benefits and help to reduce debt
• Life style service specifically for people suffering with severe mental
health issues for a bespoke service for individual needs
• Future Focus – to look at local communities providing re-integration back
into communities after clinical intervention giving local support. Hoping
to have local service providers in place by April 2022.
Communications
Working with TBC to look at opportunities to create awareness around the transformation. At the last meeting innovations that are in place were discussed including, a Communications Officer to focus on how you make people aware of the transformation and make people aware of some of the work that is ongoing.
MPFT is also working in collaboration with Tamworth Borough Council, prompting events on social media platforms initially and developing further in terms of collaboration about join marketing opportunities. Also discussed communication with any other stakeholders throughout Tamworth Borough Council partnerships and as a Council we will support MPFT to get the message out.
Now moved to a neighbourhood team that covers Tamworth, Lichfield and Burntwood and looking to enhance the team through additional voluntary sector services and it has been progressed to having a local presence.
The Committee sought clarification on the following:
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· Committee were concerned that individuals with mental health issues were not having sight of the correct information contact., A piece of work has been commissioned on Health Literacy, and a style guide is being produced to help make sure the information is accessible and easy to read. Before any more literature is produced about the transformation and about how the service is going to change the style guide will mean it will be accessible for all. · A mental health help line is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week, which is accessible to anyone with a mental health concern this number is constantly promoted by the trust and voluntary sector organisations. The support has been enhanced to cover other support networks including financial support worker and substance misuse worker to offer extra support. Linda Ram will forward the number to Councillors · Confirmed that money has been ring fenced to be allocated to the voluntary sector. Also exploring the opportunity of grants for local organisations that may not have the infrastructure to bid for money but are doing excellent work in terms of engagement and there may be opportunities to bid for grant funding over 3 years of the transformation. Commissioned services which should go live in April · Are Tamworth based organisations involved? A light touch procurement system has been created called - Dynamic Procurement and local providers have been invited to register. It gives some small local groups the opportunity to bid for funding. Work has been ongoing with Support Staffordshire and their website is available to view providers. Tamworth Borough Council are also carrying out a piece of work looking at mapping out smaller local groups who may benefit from this support.
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Resolved |
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The Committee recommend to Cabinet to consider the feasibility of producing ‘wellbeing portal’ on Tamworth Borough Council website linked to MPFT Communications Team.
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(Moved by Councillor D Maycock and seconded by Councillor S Peaple) |