Growth and development.pdf

South LanarkshireCurrent priorities include the re-design of Assessment and Care Management functionality tosupport E-care and Single Shared Assessments, and in addition, the system will provide thefocus for developments in relation to Supporting People, Free Personal Care, Direct Paymentsand Throughcare and Aftercare.8. The FutureThe pace of progressing joint management and joint budgets for community care has beendeliberate, but if they are to realise service benefits within a reasonable time, the Council withits health partners should make early progress beyond the stage of basic agreement topreparing plans and schedules for implementation of the wider Joint Futures agenda.The Council has in train various actions to improve home care support. In view of the currentbalance of provision and the need to prepare for increases in the elderly population, it has theopportunity to consolidate earlier progress by planning a wider range of measures to enhancethe capacity and quality of home care services and identifying resource priorities for theirimplementation.To complement the progress made in learning disability services for adults, the Council shouldproceed to identify the requirements of younger people to achieve a smooth transition to adultservices.The Multi-Agency Strategy and Resource Group have usefully identified improvements requiredin sensory impairment services, which will identify the resource priorities and servicedevelopments.Shared single assessment is recognised as an important step forward in community careservices. The ground has been established for the Council to agree with health partners acommon process, information-sharing and other crucial stages for implementation, and there isnow an opportunity to progress without further delay.249