Effective Services for Vulnerable Groups Programme

1. Effective Services for Vulnerable Groups Programme Andrew Goodall Programme Chair, Chief Executive, Aneurin Bevan Health Board

2. Purpose To identify, promote and support the development of collaborative approaches to delivery that will provide more effective and efficient services which can improve the life chances of vulnerable groups

3. Approach • Limited number of projects • By public service organisations for public service organisations • Taking a pragmatic approach to identifying what works • Establishing financial benefits as well as service improvements

4. Projects • Integrated approaches to promoting independent living and wellbeing for the frail and elderly • Improving the life chances of families, particularly those with complex needs, through Team around the Family approaches • Increasing the proportion of young people in education, employment or training

5. Projects • Improving the way public services respond to and prevent repeat instances of domestic abuse (10,000 Safer Lives) • Doing more to protect vulnerable children and adults who repeatedly go missing

6. Projects • Addressing service delivery challenges around Substance Misuse and its relationship with mental health problems • Promoting ‘Citizen Directed Support’ models of service delivery

7. Project Pipeline 3. Promote and engage 1. Define and Design 2. Identify and test 4. Challenge and check Team around the Family Missing Children & Young Adults Substance Misuse & Mental Health New priorities Promoting Independent Living Citizen Directed Services Domestic abuse NEETs

8. Recognising the role housing plays… • Housing often a key part of services to vulnerable groups • Including all of our project areas • Any other areas the programme should look at in future?

9. What can you do? • Contribute to the projects underway • Look at the products from the earlier projects • Think about whether you are, or should, be taking those actions