Common use of Service Model Clause in Contracts

Service Model. 7.1. The Council shall provide an Integrated Assessment and Care Management function delivered within the Community Learning Disability Team that will respond to referrals for support, assessments of eligible need and where eligibility is confirmed co-produce Care and Support Plans and Personal Budgets to meet agreed needs. The team will also support regular reviews of care and support. Assessment and Care management will include CHC but exclude Funded Nursing Care. 7.2. The service model for Section 75 learning disabilities will be defined by the outcomes that have been identified to meet assessed health and social needs. Services will be commissioned in a way that seek to promote independence, choice, and control but also in consideration of available resources. 7.3. Residential and Nursing Care will be utilised where this will best meet assessed individual needs. 7.4. People may be supported in the community via several services including but not limited to Community Supported Living, External Day Care, and Personal Assistants. 7.5. Advocacy is not directly funded via the Section 75 agreement but there are separate arrangements in place (that will be funded by the Council and CCG's) to provide this support if it is needed. 7.6. Through the service review work jointly completed by the Council and Lincs CCG's it has been identified that there may be some gaps in the wider Learning Disability Pathways in Lincolnshire. The council and Lincs CCG's will work together through the Transforming Care Partnership (TCP) Board to clarify the wider pathways required and where necessary raise business cases via the Joint Commissioning Oversight Group to seek to address any gaps in provision confirmed.