Gillian Beadle-Phelps1st July 2015

The Care Act, Well-being & Tower Hamlets

Preventing needs for care and support•A new operational model •Making Every Contact Count (MECC)

Promoting individual well-being•The Signs of Safety & Well-being Practice Framework

The Care Act - Part 1

Operational model

• Eating well

• Physical activity

• Stopping Smoking

• Sensible drinking

• Mental Wellbeing

Public Health Priorities

• Making Every Contact Count – Listening for change talk– Initiating a conversation– Empowering people vs persuading/coercing– Offering brief tailored advice/guidance– Signposting people to support services

• Recognises the potential of OT and the wider workforce in promoting health.

Public Health - MECC

• personal dignity (including treatment of the individual with respect)

• physical and mental health and emotional well-being • protection from abuse and neglect • control by the individual over day-to-day life (including over care

and support, or support, provided to the individual and the way in which it is provided)

• participation in work, education, training or recreation • social and economic well-being • domestic, family and personal relationships • suitability of living accommodation • the individual’s contribution to society

Wellbeing

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‘Need’ has three parts to it;

•The Issue

•The impact upon well-being

•The desired outcome

Need

Finally we have a national philosophy that is more in line with the OT philosophy

Gillian Beadle-Phelps

A&I Team Manager, LBTH

g.beadlephelps@towerhamlets.gov.uk

0207 364 5762

http://makingeverycontactcount.co.uk/

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