Adult Care Services are Focus of Maidenhead Community Conference
Achieving the best possible outcomes for Maidenhead adults who need the support and help of local social care services is at the heart of a community conference being staged in the Royal Borough on Tuesday March 13.
Representatives from Maidenhead voluntary and community groups will join with social care and health professionals to take a close look at the services already in place and identify if there are any gaps that could, potentially, allow people to slip through the net.
The event is being organised against a background of change, started by the government's White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, which encourages health and social care services to work even more closely together to provide a 'seamless service', with increasing emphasis on prevention and on improving people's wellbeing.
There is also a set of seven new outcomes*, introduced by the Commission for Social Care Inspection, that need to be aimed for to enchance service users' independence, wellbeing and choice.
Cllr Mary Rose Gliksten, Maidenhead council leader, who will open the conference, said: "The borough has an excellent record of consulting our service users and the organisations we work with before we take any new directions in care provision. This is another good example of bringing those involved together to map out what we collectively provide at the moment, share information and look closely at the new outcomes to see how we can meet the challenges and opportunities ahead.
Cllr Pam Proctor, lead member for Maidenhead adult services, said: "Similar events have been held many times over the past few years and have given a clear steer to those of us responsible for providing services for the most vulnerable members of our community. I have no doubt that next Tuesday's conference will be just as beneficial for everyone who attends."
The conference will be held in the Town Hall, Maidenhead and the keynote speaker will be Jim Gould, corporate director of learning and care, who will reflect on recent progress in adult care provision and also focus on the new outcomes and their implications for local providers.
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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