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Adult Principal Social Workers network meeting
11 September 2019
Adult Principal Social Workers network meeting 11 September 2019 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Adult Principal Social Workers network meeting 11 September 2019 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Adult Principal Social Workers network meeting 11 September 2019 Newham 2018 Adult Social Care MERLIN PROJECT 2019 ASC MASH LAUNCH BACKGROUND Pilot started 02/01/18. One social work post. Co-located with Police MASH team and CYPS
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BACKGROUND
- Pilot started 02/01/18.
- One social work post.
- Co-located with Police MASH team and CYPS Triage.
- Main function to process Adult Merlin reports.
- Remove processing of Adult Merlin reports from
Safeguarding cluster.
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PILOT OBJECTIVES
- Improve outcomes for adults in Newham that come to
police notice.
- Develop and document processes for Police Merlin
reports.
- Evaluate resources required to manage Police Merlin
reports.
- Identify and evaluate options for future ways for Adult
Social Care to manage Adult Police Merlin reports.
- Identify gaps in Adult Social Care and other partners’
responses and pathways for reducing and delaying needs and safeguarding adults at risk.
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Activity Analysis
- 15,547 Merlin reports from April 2017 to March
2018.
- 3673 Adult Merlin reports to ASC.
- 88% of total generated.
- Average of 306 per month or 70 per week.
- 75% are or have been known to Adult Social Care.
- 38% of adults open to a named team in Adult
Social Care.
- 59% present with ‘mental health’ issues.
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Themes
- Quality Assurance – practice.
- Quality Assurance - Contract Monitoring.
- Secondary prevention/early intervention.
- Multi disciplinary risk management
approach for ‘frequent flyers’.
- Adult Safeguarding – S42 enquiry duty.
- Working with other partners to focus on
prevention – CYPS,ELFT and Police.
- Commissioning ‘gaps’.
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Initial Conclusions
- There is value to ASC from issues raised
through Police Merlin reports;
- Co-location and dedicated role improves
- utcomes.
- Principal value around prevention and quality
assurance rather than adult safeguarding enquiry duty;
- Improved information sharing and joint
working with Police, Children’s Services and
- thers.
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Ongoing areas of development
- Further proactive engagement with partner
- rganisations in order to improve preventative
strategies.
- Missing Persons Police procedure and links with
Adult Social Care to be strengthened
- Pathway and criteria for sharing information with
Contract Monitoring Team to inform future intelligent commissioning.
- Implementation of electronic data records for
accurate picture of ASC MASH activity to provide assurance relating to effective outcomes
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Decisions made after pilot completed and full time resource agreed
- The pilot becomes a permanent role/function
- Function requires two social workers and access to
administrative support.
- One post should have decision making authority.
- Trial MDT coordination of meetings for ‘frequent
flyers’.
- Trial use of Contact Forms to Supporting Care
Team.
- Team takes responsibility for all high risk forums