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OrkneyBetween 1999 and 2001 the number of people receiving a community care service for mentalhealth problems increased significantly and the rate of provision is now high. The Council haveagreed with NHS Orkney a new integrated service for mental health, and a joint mental healthmanager. They have provided funding to the Blide trust to assist this organisation with thepurchase of their property to enable improved services for adults. It has appointed a co-ordinatorto work with service users and carers, and a substance misuse worker in housing support. It isstill necessary to call on psychiatric services in Aberdeen to deliver a full mental health service,a new home treatment programme in Stromness may reduce the need for some transfers.Single shared assessment, using a locally developed tool, has been piloted with older peopleand is now being rolled out to all care groups, including people with a sensory impairment.Waiting times for assessments have been reduced and improvements made in access to services.Orkney has used the “resource utilisation measure” with 100 assessments and is now ready toroll out its use with single shared assessment.Working under the joint manager for occupational therapy, a rehabilitation officer supports peoplewith either a hearing or visual impairment. There is a visual impairment association, but nosimilar group for people with a hearing impairment. Resources for working with people with asensory impairment are proportionate to the needs which the Council has identified.There has been a large increase in the number of people receiving a community care servicefor drug/alcohol problems between 1999 and 2001, and the rate is now higher than in manyother authorities.A joint health and social work management team determines joint resourcing of services andmanages the developing range of joint posts – notably in strategic planning, occupationaltherapy services, rapid response and intensive home care. Progress on a partnership agreementhas been limited, because shortage of health funds has limited the capacity to deliver jointresourcing.The Community Social Services Department and NHS Orkney are establishing an integratedtraining service, to cover statutory core training, joint management training, and combination ofthe SVQ centres to provide for care awards. Most professional post-qualifying training willcontinue to have to be delivered on a specialist basis. Economies are possible from integratingadministrative services and combining in-house training.195
3. Performance: Children and FamiliesBalance of care – Looked afterchildren (aged 0-17)At home 17 3.8 2 13 2.9 3With friends/relatives/other community 2 0.5 3 0 0.0 4With foster carers/prospective adopters 5 1.1 4 10 2.2 3In residential accommodation 3 0.7 4 5 1.1 2Total 27 6 4 28 6.3 4Key performance indicators1999-2000actual1998-1999actual1999-2000per 1,0001998-1999per 1,000QuartileQuartile2000-2001actual1999-2000actual2000-2001per 1,0001999-2000per 1,000QuartileQuartileChild protection (CP) referrals 39 9.7 2 40 10.1 1(aged 0-15)Children subject to a CP case 3 0.8 4 11 2.8 2conference (aged 0-15)Children placed on CP register 2 0.5 4 5 1.3 3(aged 0-15)Adoption applications in year 1 0.2 4 0 0.0 4(aged 0-17)Stranger adopter applications 1 0.2 2 0 0.0 4(aged 0-17)The rate of children on the child protection register has been low for a number of years. Therecent rise in the numbers of children being referred reflects growing confidence in the qualityand operation of current child protection arrangements. Alcohol is a consistent feature of childprotection. Reorganisation of the children and families team has helped staff cope withincreases in child protection work.The rate of looked after children remains low and steady. None of the looked after children livewith friends or relatives. The number living with foster carers doubled between 1999 and 2001.There are difficulties in matching demand for foster carers. Three children are currentlyaccommodated away from Orkney.Additional funds from the Scottish Executive are being used to improve training and recruitmentof carers, and to enhance support services for families with young children.The Council has made some progress in implementing the recommendations of Learning withCare. It is intended to produce an integrated policy on the education of looked after children,associated with a programme of joint training for key staff. Full-time education is provided forlooked after children or, for a very small number of them, education in an appropriate setting.Progress has been made in supporting the education of children and young people in residentialand foster care: the Council has provided ICT equipment, homework support and quiet studyareas. Comprehensive information on looked after children, is stored in accessible manualsystems, and a joint education/social work database is being developed.Services for care leavers are provided in consultation with a local throughcare and aftercareforum. Instead of a service budget the Council has specific budgets for care leavers withindividual packages. The Council has still to arrange formal training, but the forum and focusgroups have familiarised staff from relevant agencies with the wider needs of care leavers.196
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Growth and DevelopmentSOCIAL WORK S
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IntroductionThe Local ReportsGrowth
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ContentsPageNorth Lanarkshire 183Or
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1. Profile at 2002With an estimated
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AberdeenThe three councils and heal
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AberdeenBehavioural support teacher
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AberdeenStaff6. StaffingManagers &
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AberdeenThe Council is still some w
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2. Performance: Community CareBalan
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In an Equal Chances project the Cou
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Staff6. StaffingManagers & central
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1. Profile at 2002Angus is a medium
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AngusAcross Angus, there are multi-
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AngusAlthough the crime rate is bel
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Angus8. The FutureA sound foundatio
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3. Performance: Children and famili
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Current management information syst
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8. The FutureThe reorganisation of
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7. Modernising servicesA local work
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5. FinanceService Area(£000)Childr
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1. Profile at 2002Dundee is a mediu
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DundeeDundee is participating in a
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Dundee4. Performance: Criminal Just
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Dundeefor example, call centres.A n
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1. Profile at 2002East Ayrshire has
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East AyrshireThe pan-Ayrshire menta
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Services for people with a sensory
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Staff6. StaffingVacanciesWTE1999act
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1. Profile at 2002East Renfrewshire
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East RenfrewshireA shared assessmen
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8. The FutureThrough its onecity re
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The Comhairle and NHS Western Isles
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Specific action which calls for con
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2. Coileanadh: Cùram Coimhearsnach
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Tha a’ Chomhairle agus NHS nan Ei
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Tha dòigh-obrach com-pàirteachais
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Appendix 2Statistical InformationFi
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Community Care ServicesTable 3 belo
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Table 5 Primary occupations in soci
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Highland2000 2016Inverclyde2000 201
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ISCJISISO 9002ITJoint Future Agenda
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