ENGAGE&INSPIRE
The newsletter of the Third Sector Health and Social Care Support Team
Issue 30: May 2015
This newsletter focuses on keeping you up-to-date with important policy
developments, events, consultations and anything else relevant to Health and Social
Care Integration and the Reshaping Care for Older People agenda.
You can still keep up-to-date with the team’s activities by:
 Checking our main page on the ALLIANCE website: http://www.alliancescotland.org.uk/what-we-do/projects/the-third-sector-health-and-social-caresupport-team/
 Reading the team’s posts on the ALLIANCE Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/ALLIANCEScot
 Following the project’s Twitter feed @3rdsecHSC
About the Programme
The Third Sector Health and Social Care Support Team is a central resource that aims to:
 Provide third sector co-ordination and support at a strategic level to secure
effective engagement in the Reshaping Care for Older People (RCOP) agenda
 Support the third sector’s strategic and practical engagement in the transition to
health and social care integration
NEWS
We’re still looking for feedback on the impact of our Team
There’s still a chance to contribute to the evaluation of the impact our team has had over the
last three years. We want to know about your experience with the programme so if you
haven’t already, please complete the survey.
You can participate in the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FFQHKVL
OUR EVENTS
Monthly Integration Forum
This forum aims to provide a safe space for the third sector to discuss and explore
the opportunities and challenges in the emerging integration landscape in Scotland.
The forum meets monthly, meeting alternately in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The
meeting has no set agenda, to enable the discussion to be shaped by what is
important to participants, but the team select a ‘hot’ topic each month to kick off
discussions.
May’s meeting in Glasgow marked the first integration forum with the ‘hot topic’ being the new
core suite of integration indicators and we will tell you all about what was discussed in the next
newsletter.
In the meantime the ‘hot topic’ for our June integration forum in Edinburgh is:
Community Connecting
Integration and the primary care modernisation programme have increased interest in, and
potential funding opportunities for, services that support people to connect to the people,
amenities and activities in their local community and simultaneously provide information and
signposting, including what specialist services have to offer. The third sector have a long
history of delivering a number of different models that seek to provide this type of support from
volunteer community connectors who live in local communities through to formal models that
employ paid staff like local area coordinators, link workers and condition specific advisors.
Given that the sector will be involved in both tendering for services and shaping the tender
specifications (through the joint strategic commissioning process) we thought it made sense
for the sector to have a conversation about what the core components and key differences of
the different models are.
Register for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/myevent?eid=16631223437
Social Reporting Workshops
Given the popularity and success of the social reporting workshops we ran recently we have
decided to run the sessions again on the morning and afternoon of Wednesday 17th of June.
If you missed out last time follow the links below to secure your space on the session that suits
you best – it is free, fun, only takes half a day and we even provide lunch.
Morning Session: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-reporting-training-junemorning-session-tickets-16878961428
Afternoon Session: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-reporting-training-juneafternoon-session-tickets-16879011578
INTEGRATION UPDATE
Advice Note on the role of Third Sector Interfaces (TSIs)
On 23rd April the Scottish Government published a supplementary advice note on the role of
TSIs. The advice note sets out the key role TSI’s play as advocates and leaders of the third
sector in a local area and the importance of this role in the integration process.
Read the note here: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/04/2089
Advice Note on ‘Working in Partnership with Scrutiny Bodies’
The Scottish Government has published an easy to understand advice note on the
role of scrutiny bodies in Integrated Health and Social Care. This offers a contextual
background to the role of these bodies in relation to the integration legislation; the
plans for the scrutiny of integrated health and social care; the organisations working
together to fulfil this role and support the processes; and a description of Joint
Inspections and their purpose.
Read more here: http://www.alliancescotland.org.uk/download/library/lib_55488c5033f70/
Joint Inspections have already been piloted three health board areas - Fife, Moray
and Angus. The report from the first of these areas highlighted a majority of good
practice examples originating from the third sector.
Read the report here:
http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/his/idoc.ashx?docid=faada8e22470-422d-adef-36bf973cfc76&version=-1
Communications Toolkit for Integration
The team have produced a summary of the content of the Scottish Government’s
Communications Toolkit for Integration to make it easier for third sector
organisations to navigate its content.
Download the briefing here: http://www.alliancescotland.org.uk/download/library/lib_5555d44bd45ce/
Find the toolkit here: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Health/Policy/Adult-HealthSocialCare-Integration/Material/CommsToolkit
Thinking About Localities
As previously highlighted in this newsletter, the Scottish Government and Joint
Improvement Team are running a series of three regional learning events focused
on supporting the key stakeholders in each of the Health and Social Care
Partnership areas in Scotland to continue to develop their thinking about localities.
The first of these was on the 7th of May in Clydebank and generated much
discussion and learning. Our team had the privilege of capturing the thoughts of
some of the participants as the event’s social reporters and they make interesting
listening.
A playlist of these clips is available to view on the ALLIANCE’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDgTzLd2QrJGzLN0lk_LhpvLquppiRyRS
Health and Sport Committee
On the 24th February the Health and Sport Committee agreed to issue their annual
questionnaire about NHS Board budgets to all territorial and special health boards.
The questionnaire focused on gathering evidence in relation to specific performance
indicators from the Scottish Government’s National Performance Framework that
are relevant to the work of the committee. In addition this year’s survey included a
final section about the integration of health and social care, asking Boards to outline
what functions will be delegated to the joint boards and the method they plan to use
to determine the level of funding they will devolve.
The full survey and individual responses from each of the Health Boards are
available on the Committee website:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/89277.
aspx
RELATED POLICY UPDATE
Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) have issued a briefing on
the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill in advance of it entering Stage 3 of the
bill process. The briefing summarises the main changes made to the Bill during its
Stage 2 consideration by the Local Government and Regeneration Committee and
the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee of the Scottish
Parliament.
The Local Government and Regeneration Committee have also produced a short
video of their Committee Convenor, Kevin Stewart MSP, reflecting on their
engagement with people and communities and how this influenced their thinking and
the eventual amendments they made to the Bill. This is available alongside all of
the evidence and reports produced by the committee to date on their Bill webpage.
Read the briefing here:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/S4/SB_1518_Community_Empowerment_Bill_-_Stage_3.pdf
Read the bill here:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_Bills/Community%20Empowerment%20%28S
cotland%29%20Bill/b52s4-introd.pdf
Procurement Reform
The Scottish Government consultation on changes to the public procurement rules in
Scotland closed on 30th April. The Government are now analysing and considering the
responses, along with any other available evidence and will use this to make a decision
about how best to implement the new EU Directives in Scotland. As soon as the
responses are analysed a report of the findings will be published on the Scottish
Government website.
Read more here:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/68170.aspx
Carers (Scotland) Bill
The Carers (Scotland) Bill continues to progress through its Stage 1 process, a
consideration of the general principles of the Bill. The Committee’s call for evidence
closed on 22nd April and the written evidence received is now available on the
Committees webpage. The Committee is currently taking evidence from key
stakeholders, hearing evidence from several organisations including the ALLIANCE
and Coalition of Carers in Scotland on 5th May and from organisations focused on
the needs of young carers on 12th. This process will continue for another few weeks
with the committee hearing from carers on the 18th and then from others including
COSLA and representatives from health in the forthcoming weeks.
Once they have gathered all of their evidence and given it due consideration the
Committee will formally report their findings and recommendations to the
Parliament.
Read the written responses here:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/88814.
aspx
If you want more information about how a bill progresses through the Scottish
Parliament check out the ‘How Does the Parliament make laws?’ section of the
Scottish Parliament website:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/visitandlearn/60162.aspx
AND IN OTHER NEWS...
Team update
Katherine Nicol, our Development Officer (Policy) will be leaving the team on June 5th, to take
up the post of Community Connector Practitioner with Glasgow Council for the Voluntary
Sector. Katherine has only been with the team for seven months, but we thank her for her
contribution to the team and congratulate her on this exciting new opportunity at GCVS.
Jaqui Reid (Programme Director) and the ALLIANCE are now working towards a plan to get
the team back to full capacity. We will update you on this in next month’s newsletter.
CVS Inverclyde nominated for Charity of the Year award
Part of the Third Sector Interface, CVS Inverclyde have been nominated for the Charity of
Year, as part of the 2015 Scottish Charity Awards. The voting has now closed, but we look
forward to hearing the results, and a big congratulations for CVS Inverclyde for being
nominated!
‘Right skills in the right places’
Skills for Health Scotland have published an article stressing the importance of having the right
sort of workers in the right places in order for integration of services to be successful. Andrew
Lovegrove, senior consultant for Skills for Health states that as 60-70% of organisation
expenditure is on their workforce and it’s essential for them to get this right with the right skills
in the right places.
Read the full news article here: http://www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/news/latest-news/item/236seamless-synergy-takes-the-right-skills-a-focus-on-integrated-health
Scottish Government pilot new funding scheme: Capacity Resilience Fund
The new funding scheme is open to applications from community-based
organisations tackling welfare reform and poverty. Awarding anywhere between
£1000 to £5000 the aim is to support innovative and creative projects that increase
the capacity of frontline third sector organisations to mitigate the impact of welfare
reform, promote social inclusion, combat inequality, and increase partnership
working.
Read more about the scheme and how to apply here:
http://www.scvo.org.uk/running-your-organisation/funding/capacity-resilience-fund/
Consultations
Voluntary Health Scotland and ASH Scotland survey – looking at getting insight into
how much organisations consider smoking and tobacco-related issues within their
communities.
Complete the anonymous survey here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VHS_ASHS_survey_spring_2015
Useful Resources
JIT: Readiness for Integration Tool – an updated version of the tool previously
released by JIT.
Find out how to use here: http://www.jitscotland.org.uk/resource/jit-readinessintegration-tool/
Healthy Influences 2015 - CHEX’s Healthy Influences 2015 research report follows
up on a 2012 report which explored how much influence community-led health
organisations felt they had in decision making structures. The report outlines that
despite a series of policy developments, there has been limited real improvement in
how community-led health organisations feel with these structures.
Read the report here: http://www.chex.org.uk/news/article/healthy-influences-2015/
Co-production: how we make a difference together – This suite of resources is
designed to help people have a better understanding of coproduction and the
practicalities of working this way.
Check out the resources here: http://www.coproductionscotland.org.uk/resources/
Inside out and upside down: Community based approaches to social care
prevention in a time of austerity – This report was written by Robin Miller of
Birmingham University & Christine Whitehead, of Stoke on Trent City Council and
member of the WM ADASS.
Read the report here:
http://www.westmidlandsiep.gov.uk/storage/resources/documents/Inside_out_and_u
pside_down_final.pdf
'Self Management Lived Experience: Driving Change in Health and Social Care' The ALLIANCE’s latest thinkpiece, highlighting the role of self-management and
lived experience in driving change in health and social care.
Read more here: http://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/news-andevents/news/2015/04/alliance-publishes-self-management-lived-experience-isdriving-change-in-health-and-social-care/#.VUCnbSFVhBc?iru=ZVLT37X9N7
Head, hands and heart: asset-based approaches in health care - A review of the
conceptual evidence and case studies of asset-based approaches in health, care
and wellbeing.
Read the report here: http://www.health.org.uk/publications/head-hands-and-heartasset-based-approaches-in-health-care/
Integration Series – The Health and Social Care Academy are planning an
Integration series of events and activities.
You can keep up to date on the progress of this via their website:
http://academy.alliance-scotland.org.uk/
Events
Caring for Older People in Scotland 3rd Annual Conference – Mackay Hannah, 27
May 2015, Surgeons’ Hall, Edinburgh
Find out more here: http://www.mackayhannah.com/conferences/caring-for-olderpeople-in-scotland-3rd-annual-conference
“Making Local Choice a Reality” Self-Directed Support Conference, 27 May 2015,
Rothes Hall, Glenrothes.
Find out more here: http://www.fifevoluntaryaction.org.uk/news.asp?id=5848
Rights for Life: Supporting Recovery and Ending Discrimination, Scottish Recovery
Network Conference, 2-3 June, Glasgow.
Find out more here: http://www.scottishrecovery.net/Latest-News/register-now-forrights-for-life.html
CHEX National Conference 2015: ‘Healthy Influences - Community-led health’s
contribution to Scottish policy, 4 June, Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue,
Edinburgh
Find out more here: http://www.chex.org.uk/news/article/healthy-influences-chexconference-2015/
SCVO Charity Awards, 4 June, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh.
Find out more and vote here: http://www.scvo.org.uk/scottish-charity-awards/
Living in the Gap Seminar: Voluntary Health Scotland, 15 June, Hanover
Conference Centre, Edinburgh.
Find out more here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-in-the-gap-seminaredinburgh-tickets-16769896211
Making a Practical Reality of Self Directed Support, CPP Seminar, 15-16 June,
Edinburgh.
Find out more here: http://www.cppseminarsscotland.co.uk/who-we-are/
NHS Scotland Event; Leading Integration For Quality, 23-24 June, SECC, Glasgow.
Find out more here: http://nhsscotlandevent.com/
Citizens Health Wellbeing Assembly – the ALLIANCE’s Annual Conference, 25
June, Murrayfield, Edinburgh.
ydfdFind out more here: http://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/news-andevents/events/agenda/month/06/year/2015/#.VTZGRyFVhBc
VAS TSI National Conference, 13th and 14th October 2015, save the date.
Contact the team:
Programme Manager:
[email protected]
Development Officer (Policy):
[email protected]
Development Officer:
[email protected]
Development Officer:
[email protected]
Development and Evaluation Assistant:
[email protected]
Communications Coordinator:
[email protected]
Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE), Venlaw Building, 349
Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4AA
Tel: 0141 404 0231 Fax: 0141 246 0348 Web: www.alliance-scotland.org.uk
PRPERVEV
The ALLIANCE is supported by a grant from the Scottish Government. The
ALLIANCE is a company registered by guarantee. Registered in Scotland
No.307731 Charity number SC037475.
The programme is being delivered by a partnership. The partners are: The Health
and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE); the Coalition of Care and
Support Providers in Scotland (CCPS); the Scottish Council for Voluntary
Organisations (SCVO); the Coalition of Carers in Scotland; Social Enterprise
Network Scotland (SENScot); Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS); Voluntary Action
Scotland (VAS); the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA); Inclusion
Scotland; Community Health Exchange (CHEX) and Evaluation Support Scotland
(ESS).