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"We have the opportunity to work together and learn together with the long term aim of understanding better"


Lewis Goodyear, November 2022

system change ambitions 2022-2025

Risk Management Approaches

Improving Support for Women

Improving Support for Women

 Those who are perceived as too high risk can’t access or are refused support, which  increases their need for crisis intervention 


We want to: 

- Create new cross sector risk management training 

- Review service provision for high-risk individuals 

- Review the way in which risk is recorded on data systems (including housing) 

- Review commissioning approaches to risk management 

Improving Support for Women

Improving Support for Women

Improving Support for Women

 Local evidence tells us that women are less engaged in support because they feel unsafe and  find it hard to trust services. 


We want to: 

- Feed our learning into forums who discussed women and young girls in, or at risk of entering,  the criminal justice system 

- Create safer spaces for women across the city 

- Increase the number of statutory services working within specialist women’s agencies 

- Increase specialist services for women who have had children removed from their care  

Cuckooing

Improving Support for Women

Positive Activities

 It can be challenging to address cuckooing and currently there is limited intelligence on its  prevalence in the city 


We want to: 


- Collect data to analyse the scale of the problem and who are commonly victims 

- Create best practice training Support an awareness campaign 

- Develop a cuckooing policy  

- Improve how cuckooing is recorded on information systems 

Positive Activities

Increasing the Voice of Lived Experience in the Workforce

Positive Activities

 Feeling valued and engaging in meaningful activities is essential for recovery. Attending  groups and linking in with community organisations reduces isolation as well as reliance on  formal support services.  


We want to: 

- Create a resource for organisations delivering groups to vulnerable adults 

- Deliver of the positive activities for adults in recovery fund 

- Support development of a new directory of services within the city  

Improving the System for Multiple Disadvantage

Increasing the Voice of Lived Experience in the Workforce

Increasing the Voice of Lived Experience in the Workforce

 People experiencing multiple disadvantage face multiple barriers when trying to  access services 


We want to: 

- Deliver peer audits of services through the Coproduction Service 

- Develop a joint assessment so that people can access multiple services, such as  housing, substance use and mental health through one assessment 

- Provide training for frontline practitioners and managers 

- Support the review of existing pathways and services in Sheffield

Increasing the Voice of Lived Experience in the Workforce

Increasing the Voice of Lived Experience in the Workforce

Increasing the Voice of Lived Experience in the Workforce

 Genuine coproduction and involving those with lived experience in the design, delivery  and evaluation of services ensures that the right support is being offered to those  experiencing multiple disadvantage. 


We want to: 

- Ensure that frontline staff, coproduction groups and senior leaders are connected 

- Embed coproduction into strategic boards Create a Peer Support service 

- Support SYHA’s Working Win Event, ‘how to make recruitment better for people with  lived experience’ and other services recruitment across the city 

Access to Physical Health Services

Access to Physical Health Services

Access to Physical Health Services

 Those experiencing multiple disadvantage suffer the most from health inequalities  


We want to: 

- Research how many people out of those being supported by Changing Futures have a brain injury or trauma and develop a support pathway  

- Support the delivery of training on brain injury 

- Improve hospital discharge planning, focusing on how methadone scripts are managed when going between community and hospital settings 

- Create a hospital based team dedicated to coordinating the care and discharge of  patients who are homeless 

Improving Mental Health Support

Access to Physical Health Services

Access to Physical Health Services

 Access to mental health assessment and support is the most prevalent need yet biggest  barrier this cohort face 


We want to: 

- Improve discharge planning and how it links in with community mental health support  

- Improvements mental health assessment and support 

- Improve support for those experiencing dual diagnosis 

- Map mental health services and how they are connected 

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