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  • Customer First team

    The People Group are committed to ensuring that customers are at the heart of everything we do.

  • Deprivation of Liberties Safeguards (DoLS)

    The deprivation of a person’s liberty is a very serious matter and should not happen unless it is absolutely necessary. That is why the safeguards have been created....

  • Learning and Development Service (LDS)

    We provide a range of learning and development solutions in Social Care and Health, for everyone working with & caring for adults, children young people & their families.

  • Safeguarding Adults Partnership and Board

    The Warwickshire Safeguarding Adults Partnership is a multi-agency partnership comprising statutory, independent and charitable organisations which have a stakeholder interest in safeguarding adults.

  • Safeguarding adults guidance for health and housing colleagues

    This safeguarding vulnerable adults guidance is a brief information sheet for health and housing workers. The guide includes the definition of a vulnerable adult, types of abuse and how to report concerns.

  • Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)

    The MAPPA Annual Report is a review of our achievements during 2010-2011.

  • Social care - market facilitation

    Information on the external social care market, delivering services which respond to our commissioning intentions and support the personalisation agenda.

  • Supporting People Programme - information for service providers

    The Supporting People team commissions a number of housing associations, district councils, charities and voluntary groups to run a wide variety of housing related support services in the county.

  • The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005

    The Mental Capacity Act 2005, covering England and Wales, provides a statutory framework for people who lack capacity to make decisions for themselves, or who have capacity and want to make preparations for a time when they may lack capacity in the future.

  • Transformation assembly

    Customers can get involved in commissioning new services across the county and also reviewing our existing services to ensure they are meeting the needs of all our customers.

  • Learning disabilities accommodation vacancies

    Notify teams of vacancies in learning disability residential or supported living services.

  • Safeguarding vulnerable adults policy and procedure

    The Warwickshire inter-agency safeguarding vulnerable adults (adult protection) policy & procedure

  • Early Intervention Service

    Supports the vision that every child and young person, including those who are disadvantaged, can access the support they need in order to have the greatest possible opportunity to be the best they can.

  • Common Assessment Framework

    The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) and Lead Professional role are a key part of the strategy to improve outcomes for children and young people.

  • Books on prescription

    Books on prescription (BOP) is a scheme to offer patients and service users self-help books from the library under GPs and mental health professionals prescription.

  • Working with young people using alcohol

    Guidance for practitioners working with young people using alcohol

  • Drug and alcohol services for professionals

    Services that the Drug and Alcohol Awareness (DAAT) team offer, including training opportunities and other resources for professionals and practitioners.

  • Drug and alcohol service modernisation

    Following a competitive tendering process, Addaction, a national substance misuse charity, in consortium with Cranstoun, another provider of specialist services, have won the contract to provide support and recovery focused treatment for people affected by drug and alcohol misuse throughout the region.

  • Disability support - teaching and learning resources

    The Integrated Disability Service can provide a number of resources for use with pupils and students with different needs through their teaching and learning teams.

  • De-registration toolkit

    The de-registration toolkit is aimed at residential care providers in Warwickshire who are involved in changing a service from a Residential Care Home to Supported Living for people with learning disabilities.

  • Market Facilitation

    The Market Facilitation Team supports the external social care market to deliver services which respond to the Warwickshire County Council (WCC) commissioning intentions which support the Personalisation agenda. The Team offer information and signposting to facilitate and stimulate possible business opportunities and support networking and sharing of good practice.