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Social Prescribing | Provider Collaborative Modelling

Andrea Kemp

andrea@greenspring.org.uk

20 ^th July 2023 recording

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PROVIDER COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL

5^th September 2022

Click on the title ‘provider collaborative proposal’ to find out more about:

Background
Context
Rationale
Proposal
Purpose of the project
Principles
The role of the lead took who evaluated and monitored the progress
Role of the host
Role of the hub co-ordinator

The group acknowledged early on the need for money flow rather than held. Money to be invested in community providers to enable a personalised approach. The investment must come from a range of funders and people to keep it affordable.

�Coventry and Warwickshire Mental Health Alliance are trialing an investment model through the use of Rethink charity.

How did this work come about?

In August 2022 the Social Prescribing Advisory Group in Derbyshire held an agenda to discuss a £100k fund from personalised care to invest in VCFSE for SP referrals.
VCFSE groups attended, some of which heard the opportunity from the Thriving Communities network. They contributed and shaped early on the direction of travel for the funds with the support and work done by GreenSPring. GreenSPring one of the 7 green pilots, had identified that this was an opportunity to do ‘re-modelling’ of how money flowed into VCFSE. The fund was used to meet the referral demands from SPLWs and supports SP development delivery from the personalised ground up and addresses issues around inappropriate referrals being made and much more, read the document for details.

The work started in October 2022, and by September, they had their 3^rd iteration of a proposal on the provider collaborative, that would later become a ‘relational’ model.

Sarah Paine, The Midlands Regional Lead for Thriving Communities was involved in the discussions and meetings offering support. Sarah was particularly interested in how the collaborative work would evolve to be able to address the need for investment and an option to move away from competitive funding.

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Topic	Purpose
Monitoring and Evaluation	A key person to listens in to meetings takes notes wile ongoing opportunities for sharing and improvement take place.
Governance	Establish and implement clear lines of accountability across the network and with funders/strategic leads.�Create efficient and effective working practices in each hub
Patient Journey	Taking a personalised approach to all activities ensures the patient is at the heart of the provider collaborative model and benefits the most.
Network Development	Engage a broad range of local providers to join and contribute to the development of the hubs
Quality Standards	Provide a high-quality experience for all patients
Communication and Promotion	Generate optimum number of referrals to the project Use this opportunity to influence the wider system, showcasing the value of the voluntary and community sector and the potential impact of effective local collaboration.
Risk Register	Mitigate risk and optimise the potential impact of this project
Finance	Optimise use of resources, ensure maximum value for money and use the opportunity to leverage further resource where possible

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Network Leadership

Hub Co-ordinator

Provider

Referral Partner

South / East

Hub Co-ordinator: Elephant Rooms, Gene Wilson

Providers to include:

Whispering Trees, Eco Therapy,

Walking Groups, Arts Groups, Tai Chi, Yoga, Talking Therapy, Community Café etc.

Derby Provider Collaborative

Referral Partner

Hub Co-ordinator

Provider

Hub Co-ordinator

Provider

Hub Co-ordinator

Provider

Referral Partner

Hub Co-ordinator

Provider

Referral Partner

Bolsover

Hub Co-Ordinator: Bolsover CVS

Provider may include:

Limestone House

Freedom Project

Woodlands Enterprise

Rhubarb Farm

Release

National Trust

Best Food Forward

Old Bolsover Yard

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South and East Derbyshire Provider Collaborative October 2022

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March 2022

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Bolsover Social Circle November 2022

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March 2023

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Action & Purpose

Accountability

Conditions

Rapport – Respect – Range –

Reciprocity – Recognition – Release – Relax - Reflect – Real Talk

TIME

SPACE

Co-Production | What Does it Take?

(This is the real work!)

Click here for the progress report

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South Derby collaborative

The menu of activities described is associated with ongoing work by GreenSPring on the levels of need appropriate to the service offer.

GreenSpace piloted the use of mental health levels of need and was funded by NASP, demonstrating the psychological safety linked to the VCFSE offers. That work was inspired by the webinar by Philippa Buchanan on the levels for the arts and culture (5min in), which also links these levels of need to standardised measuring tools and career progression and qualifications.

By establishing levels of need associated with the delivery of activities, the outcomes are:

Increase in quality assurance
Appropriate referrals made
Improved communication between referrers and providers
Strengthens the referral pathways

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Investment into VCFSE locally what has been trialled and what could yet be explored…