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HOMESHARE
Pilot projects in Oxfordshire and West Sussex
NAAPS gained Department of Health funding for an Homeshare Project with pilot
programmes based in Chichester, West Sussex, and Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Homeshare
works on the simple premise that a person with suitable accommodation would like
someone to share their home. No money usually changes hands; the Homesharer lives
rent free with the Householder and provides about 10 hours of support per week.
If you want to know more about the Homeshare Programme generally, please contact
Angela Catley on angela@naaps.org.uk. If you are interested in applying for Homeshare in Oxfordshire or West Sussex
then contact either Vicky Harwood on victoria.harwood@oxfordshire.gov.uk or Dawn.Blake on dawn.blake@westsussex.gov.uk.
Small Community Services Project
Launch of the NAAPS Micromarkets Practical Guide
The Department of Health funded a three-year NAAPS project to test a business
model designed to support and stimulate the development of a range of micro care
and support services in order to provide real choice for people that need care
or support to live the lives that they choose as part of their local community.
The project has successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of this local support
agency approach and learning from the first phase has been brought together in
a detailed Practical Guide for local authorities and other organisations interested
in stimulating and supporting micro enterprise in their area. This forms part
of the Personalisation Toolkit, supporting councils to transform their social
care systems.
The Guide was launched by Phil Hope Minister of State for Care Services and the
East Midlands, at an event in London on 6 July.
Care Services Minister Phil Hope said:
“People don’t just want to be passive recipients of care anymore, they want services that fit around their needs and their lives. Small and micro providers have a major role to play in doing this, but councils need to make sure they work with small providers and include them in commissioning plans. This guidance will help them do that.”
“People don’t just want to be passive recipients of care anymore, they want services that fit around their needs and their lives. Small and micro providers have a major role to play in doing this, but councils need to make sure they work with small providers and include them in commissioning plans. This guidance will help them do that.”
For a copy of the Practical Guide go to: http://www.dhcarenetworks.org.uk/Personalisation/Topics/Browse/Commissionersandproviders/?parent=2735&child=5784
The Importance of Small Community Services to Personalisation and a Managed Market
The second phase of the project is focusing on developing and testing a quality
mark for micro providers.