Decision details

“Prevention: A Local Framework for Preventing, Reducing and Delaying Care and Support Needs In Adults” that was presented to the Board on 12 May 2015,  introduced the local Prevention Approach with an accompanying Prevention Framework, which proposed a way in which the Council and its Partners should respond to the statutory obligation laid out in the Care Act 2014.

This report will update the Board on the progress of embedding the Prevention Approach locally.

The Board:

(i)  Noted the progress of embedding the Prevention Approach locally, as set out in the report; and

(ii)  Agreed that the next steps in the programme should be to:

(a)  Develop a Prevention and Information and Advice Workshop for front line professionals across Barking and Dagenham.

(b)  Review the Prevention Scheme within the Better Care Fund for 2016/17 to align future work to identified programme outcomes.

(c)  Enhance understanding and support for the approach within the voluntary sector, via further engagement and mapping sessions.

(d)  Implement the agreed ‘Commissioning for Prevention’ approach into existing and future contracts.

(e)  Continue to develop the Prevention Approach to align with and support Ambition 2020 projects going forward,

(f)   Requested that the involvement of schools and London Fire Brigade services should be reflected more prominently.