A joint workshop with Dudley Adults, Communities and  Housing Services (DACHS) and Dudley CVS Friday 6th September 2013, 9:30am – 12:30pm in Brierley Hill (venue will be confirmed on booking) Purpose: To bring together commissioners/officers of DACHS and voluntary sector providers to develop a model for outcomes commissioning. Objectives: – To learn about the MASH journey so far – To share our understanding of outcomes for service users – To identify what outcome information is currently captured by commissioners and providers, why and how useful this information is – To identify how commissioners and providers can move further towards commissioning for outcomes – To agree priority actions for the future Who workshop is aimed at: Voluntary sector providers, commissioners and contract officers within DACHS. What to expect: – A warm welcome and drinks on arrival – Presentations – Group discussions – Action planning exercises To book a place, please contact Kate Green, Dudley CVS on 01384 573381. Email: buildingblocks@dudleycvs.org.uk...

Dudley council is calling residents to attend a series of workshops to talk about their care and support and to come and see what types of services are on offer.   Three events are being held in September to showcase what’s on offer in terms of innovative services to meet individual care and support needs. Attendees will also be asked if they have had any difficulty in finding services to meet their requirements.  Dudley people are best placed to help us to shape how services are provided in the future and to support this we have set up the £200,000 Dudley Innovation Fund to help create more innovative and creative care and support services.” Come along to one of our events on: Monday 9 September 2.00pm till 5.00pm Beacon Centre for the Blind, Wolverhampton Road East, Wolverhampton WV4 6AZ Tuesday 10 September 10.00am till 1.00pm The Mere Centre Mere Road; Stourbridge; DY8 3AY. Wednesday 11 September 4.00pm till 7.00pm Queens Cross Network, 10 Wellington Road, Dudley, DY1 1RB Places on these events can booked online or by telephoning Jill on 01384 815130   These events are hosted by Dudley Council on behalf of the Making it Real in Dudley adult social care transformation partnership. The events are open to anyone who receives any practical help care and support on a regular basis from a relative, friend or neighbour, carer (paid or unpaid). They may also be a carer themselves or simply use community equipment such as bath aids frames...

How social care transformation can benefit from social media? Great news, the Making it Real in Dudley has made the Best by West Midlands site as an example of social media good practice!#bestbywm Still a long way to go and lots of ideas on how to develop this site further. If you have any ideas let us know....

Healthwatch Dudley is hosting the first of three sessions on Wednesday 31 July for residents to get involved in helping to write the third annual adult social care report. Last year Dudley Council produced an annual report (or account) of the adult social care services it provides. This report was called “Improving lives, making a difference’ and local people helped to put it together. The report listed the differences made to people’s lives as a result of adult social care services, provided by Dudley council. It also lists priorities for future improvements. As part of the Making it Real in Dudley adult social care programme, Dudley Council would like to invite residents to help them produce their 2012/13 adult social care annual report. Individuals will get the chance to be part of a reference group that will oversee the production and content of the latest local account for adult social care in Dudley. Healthwatch Dudley has been asked to bring this group together to make sure that the local account is a fair reflection of what is really happening, to listen to individuals views and to discuss if improvements were made, against the priorities that were set. This year we want as many people as possible who use adult social care services to help us produce the report and make sure that we are clear about where we have performed well and where we need to up our game and improve our services. The meeting will take place in Brierley Hill on Wednesday 31 July between 11am & 2pm. Places can be booked online at place http://adultsocialcare.eventbrite.co.uk or for more information contact Ali on 01384 267427or email...

The Making it Real in Dudley jargon buster/glossary of terms has now been updated to include SCIE’s personalisation descriptors. jargon...