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Health and Social Care Voluntary and Community Sector in Tameside and Glossop. Jane Friend Tameside Third Sector Coalition jane.friend@t3sc.org. What is the Landscape of the Health and Social Care Voluntary and Community Sector? VCS Health and Social care provision is made up of:-
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Health and Social Care Voluntary and Community Sector in Tameside and Glossop Jane Friend Tameside Third Sector Coalition jane.friend@t3sc.org
What is the Landscape of the Health and Social Care Voluntary and Community Sector? • VCS Health and Social care provision is made up of:- • Large National Voluntary Organisation • Local Branches of National Self Help Groups • Local Voluntary Organisations • Local Community Groups • Social Enterprises
Relationship between the PCT and Voluntary and Community Sector • This relationship between the PCT and VCS is ‘Healthy’. • 2 T3SC posts, Health and Social Care Team Leader and Health and Social Care Community Networker are both PCT funded. • T3SC has regular meetings with Commissioning Managers to discuss issues relating to the Voluntary and community Sector.
Relationship between the PCT and Voluntary and Community Sector • PCT funding pot-Community Education Learning Projects which VCS groups can apply for. • Health is for Life Festival. • Voluntary Groups Commissioned by the PCT to deliver public Health and Social Care Services.
Barriers to Commissioning • Not a wide scale VSC understanding of commissioning and the commissioning process. • Individual Commissioners have a different understanding of how the VCS ‘works’.
How are T3SC working to overcome these barriers? • T3SC supported networks elect representatives to and/or represents the VCS on the following Partnerships and forums:- • Health Partnership Board. • Health Inequalities Steering Group. • Children and Young People “Be Healthy” Sub Group. • Mental Health Local Implementation Group and Sub Groups. • Joint Commissioning Group for Health and Social Care. • Joint Needs Assessment Group.
How are T3SC working to overcome these barriers? • T3SC will encourage the VCS to feed back their impact on Health Inequalities to the Health Inequalities Steering Group. • T3SC is in the process of collecting information from VCS regarding impact on Health Inequalities.
Future Plans • T3SC employing a part time Commissioning and Procurement Officer. • Run training Sessions on commissioning and contracting for the VSC. • Briefing Sessions for the VCS about the latest Government policy updates. • Increase engagement in tendering opportunities for the VCS. • Engage with GMCVO around regional issues.