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Review of Aids and Adaptations Services across Dorset

Review of Aids and Adaptations Services across Dorset. Steve March North Dorset District Council. Review of Aids and Adaptations Services across Dorset. The Dorset Context Background Specification Methodology Summary. Dorset: The context. Two tier local government structure

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Review of Aids and Adaptations Services across Dorset

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  1. Review of Aids and Adaptations Services across Dorset Steve March North Dorset District Council

  2. Review of Aids and Adaptations Services across Dorset • The Dorset Context • Background • Specification • Methodology • Summary

  3. Dorset: The context • Two tier local government structure • Six district and borough Councils; two Home Improvement Agencies • All Councils have transferred their stock • High proportion of elderly residents and households with a disabled occupant • Demand exceeds the funding available (DFG) • A degree of standardisation across the County – shared lift procurement - etc

  4. Background – Comprehensive Area Assessment Elements of Dorset's housing services received a ‘red flag’…… • Need for affordable housing • Concerns over quality of private rented sector and park homes • Accommodation for vulnerable households • The ‘strategic approach’. • Home improvement for disabled people “In some areas of the county it takes too long to make improvements to allow disabled people to live in safe and accessible homes”.

  5. Background – Dorset’s response Bournemouth Dorset and Poole Strategic Housing Group - Action Plan ‘Reduce the time it takes to make improvements to allow disabled people to live in safe and accessible homes’ Action • Use whole systems mapping techniques • Include all partners • Improve systems and response times • Remove multi-agency duplication • Deliver a sustainable adaptations service

  6. Review of Aids and Adaptations Services across DorsetThe specification Objective Ensure an efficient and sustainable service To identify: • The range of working arrangements and any inefficiencies • Observations and recommendations for improvements • The range of all resources available • Information on current good practice locally and nationally To deliver: • A recommended range of potential processes to maximise resources and efficiency • A high quality, sustainable service which is centred on the service user

  7. Review of Aids and Adaptations Services across DorsetMethodology • Contract Commencement: 1 May 2011 • Obtain information, views, data from all partners – interviews etc. • Process mapping • Identify good practice and national exemplars of good practice • Options Appraisal • Report: 14 September 2011

  8. Review of Aids and Adaptations Services across DorsetSummary • ‘CAA’ identified a ‘red flag’ for the provision of home improvements for the disabled • The Review provides Dorset with the opportunity to review its delivery methods • An opportunity to fully engage partners and generate debate • Starting point for change

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