Provider's information and downloadable documents
Provider's Forum - 13/07/10
Click here to see Chris Lewis' final presentation from the last Provider Forum, held at the Bournemouth Learning Centre, Jewell Road on 13/07/10.
Please also see the presentation by Glynis Sampey from Sitra and the Move-On pack put together by Bournemouth YMCA.
The minutes for the previous forum held on the 14 April 2010 have now been published.
Sitra Bulletin
Click here to read Sitra's latest bulletin regarding Care Quality Commission registration.
Easy Read Guide to Voting
You may find this Electoral Commission Easy Guide to Voting a helpful way to support your service users to excersise their right to vote.
Supporting People now at the CLG website
On 1 April 2010 SPKWeb closed. Information about the Supporting People programme is now published on the Communities and Local Government website.
14 April 2010 Provider's Forum
Click here to view the presentation given by Chris Lewis at the April 2010 provider forum.
Mental Capacity and Tenancy Agreements
Click here to read the Bournemouth Borough Council guide to mental capacity and tenancy agreements. There is an 'Easy read guide to your tenancy agreement' at the end of the document which you may find useful.
Money managment and budgeting- useful reading
It is really important that providers are supporting service users to become as independent as possible, especially managing their own money and budgeting. Visual aids, interactive and creative approaches often help service users to engage with, learn and practice these skills, no matter what stage they start at or aim to reach.
The team will be offering training on money management to providers in the near future and will be sending out details shortly.
A number of resourses can be found below, including links to helpful websites and interactive workbooks and tools:
On the Learn About Money website, service users can work through different sections as fast or as slow as is comfortable for them. The different sections include Understanding Money, Saving and Borrowing, Money Management and lots more. You can support service users to work through it on the computer or print the workbook off to keep.
On the Money Matters website, service users can find out lots of advice and there are some fun activities to help practice things like using a cash machine or writing cheques.
You might also find these websites helpful:
Money Basics www.moneybasics.co.uk
Money Saving Expert www.moneysavingexpert.com.
The Meaning of Money report contains interesting information about the ways in which vulnerable people may percieve money, and ways in which to address this. At the back of the report there is a workbook which provides a set of five keyworking sessions on the following topics:
1. Attitude to money
2. Budgeting and spending
3. Banking and saving
4. Borrowing and debt
5. Looking to the future
We hope you find these resources helpful. Please let us know how you have used these resources and any feedback you may have from service users.
Please note : The Supporting People team is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Basic bank accounts
View this leaflet put together by the SP team, giving basic information on opening an account, which you may find useful.
Swine Flu - Information for Organisations working with Rough Sleepers
This information has been prepared specifically for those who are working with or providing services for rough sleepers during the swine flu pandemic.
The leaflet provides advice on how to support rough sleepers and signposts to guidance and other sources that you may find useful. Click here to download the leaflet.
The Bournemouth Supporting People Team has moved offices
Please note that our new address is:
Rooms 132/133 4th floor, Town Hall, Bourne Avenue, Bournemouth BH2 6DY.
Our telephone numbers and e-mails remain the same.
Useful information on managing debt
Please take a look at the following brochures - you may wish to print these for your service to inform your service users / residents:
Insolvency brochure
Don't hide from your debt brochure
Training providers
Bournemouth YMCA are holding courses, including the following subjects: First Aid, Health and Safety, Fire Safety, COSHH, Manual Handling and Risk Assessment. Please contact Emma Norton if you need more details. E-mail or phone 01202 254885.
Useful Training Group run many courses specifically aimed at the Supporting People programme, on topics such as service user involvement. Please see their website for more information.
Swine Flu
If you require any guidance, such as information on prevention, useful contact numbers and planning in the event that flu affects your service(s), please contact the SP team on 01202 458929
QAF
Please see the Service Review page for information on the review process and the refreshed QAF, plus the new format version for ease of use.
9th March 2009 Provider Forum: Here is the presentation that was given by Chris Lewis, Gemma Flay and Inge Axt-Simmonds.
NEW QAF (February 2009) - please follow this link to the New QAF
Here are two recent reports regarding Supporting People Provider issues which may be of interest:
National Supporting People Directory of Services:
A useful tool for searching for services across England. Please visit www.spdirectory.org.uk or see the following leaflets for information: Directory of Services leaflets
Presentations to Providers:
At the Providers Forum on 16 June 2008 Chris Lewis, Supporting People Manager, gave a presentation on the future of the Programme in the light of the draft refreshed Commissioning Strategy and the budget cuts. This was followed by a presentation from Steve Albin on the draft Commissioning Strategy 2008-2011. These can be downloaded by clicking on the following links:
Insurance for Small Providers with 5 or less full-time staff:
Newletters:
The Supporting People Team produces a general newsletter called SP Newsletter which can be found on our Newsletter page.
Retention of Information:
The document has been produced as a guide for providers outlining the suggested retention period for the various information they may be keeping relating to personnel records, finance and health and safety. The suggested retention periods are to be used as a guide only and providers should refer to their organisational procedures for clarification and take further advice where appropriate.
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