1. Community social work, community assets and Neighbourhood Network Schemes
Putting Prevention First:
Delivering the Vision for Adult Social Care and Health

2. Setting the scene – What we’re doing and why

3. Context Problems we need to address and solve:
Unsustainable costs and demand on social care and health services and the system as a whole;
Poor experiences for both citizens and social workers (as well as healthcare practitioners such as GPs);
Things are getting worse, not better – the system isn’t working;
Opportunities to seize and assets to recognise:
Enthusiasm and support for change across all stakeholders;
Much of the demands on the social care and health system can be prevented through focusing on social isolation, loneliness, frailty and quality of life;
Lots of evidence about what works, it’s just not been implemented yet in Birmingham;
Valuing the important role of community groups, networks and organisations in neighbourhoods.

4. Prevention First: Our vision
Citizens lead healthy, happy, independent lives within their own homes and communities

5. Prevention First outcomes

6. Our principles and pillars for delivery
Investing in prevention and community assets
Strengths and assets based practice – citizens and communities
Partnership approach across the Council and external stakeholders
Place based approach around neighbourhoods, Constituencies and localities
Evidence base for what works and the impact of prevention
Change of direction and culture to current ways of doing things – disrupting the current system
Community Social Work:
Three Conversations Model to implement a more strengths, assets and community based approach to practice
Constituency and Locality based working and teams to increase the visibility and presence of social workers in the community and community networks
Community Assets:
Places to go, people to meet and things to do
Developing relationships, support and joint approaches with individuals, groups or organisations who/which is doing something, delivering an activity, project or service in a neighbourhood setting which older people can benefit from

7. Neighbourhood Network Schemes – a brief summary
They’re about older people and communities (not specifically including younger adults with disabilities at this stage)
Universally accessible assets and activities, which older people can benefit from
Assets and activity specifically for older people
Constituency based networks
Bringing together voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations and groups, as well as statutory agencies to engage with, work with and support older adults and communities
Organised by a “lead facilitator” with delegated responsibilities and budgets from Birmingham City Council to implement and manage the Neighbourhood Network Scheme in each Constituency
They will:
Invest in and support the development of community assets, as well as the individuals, groups and organisations who are delivering community activity
Connect, broker and link community assets to citizens and statutory agency practitioners (e.g. social workers and GPs)
Locally commission activity through a micro and small grants scheme – building the community offer and/or making it more accessible for older people
Contracts and budgets:
Contracts awarded for Lead Facilitators for a minimum of two years , from December 2018
Budget of £170,000 to £280,000 per Constituency to cover staffing, management, investment in support for community assets, as well as local commissioning of activity through micro and small grants
Evidence based – building on:
Successful model in Leeds which is supporting 23,000 older adults per year (operating to a Ward model)
Evidence across community development, social prescribing, community investment and support, citizens, health and wellbeing

8. THE neighbourhood network SCHEME MODEL – how it will be delivered

9. Developing something around what works:
Being more creative and flexible in funding activities which can support care and health needs, particularly looking towards arts, culture, physical activities which people can enjoy;
Community networks, peer to peer opportunities and people’s connectedness to other people and places where they live (or communities of interest);
Coordination of activity across agencies and stakeholders within the prevention agenda. This is becoming an increasingly busy area of work with risks of duplication and counter-productive and/or competitive activity between agencies;
Coordinators, connectors, navigators, mentors and similar types of roles which can connect and encourage citizens to access appropriate and relevant support and activities
Coproducing models and approaches with citizens, communities and providers, taking an asset based approach for better outcomes and systems;
Digital inclusion and capability to provide accessible information about community assets, ideas, activities and groups for both citizens and practitioners working with citizens;
Evaluating and measuring the impact/value of community based activity on traditional social care and health outcomes, but linked to this both citizen and community wellbeing;
Individuals, assets, micro-enterprises, small charities and little ideas which can cumulatively make a difference and enable social action in neighbourhoods;
Places having different needs and dynamics, which require different types of support and investment. This is particularly acknowledging the differences between places with high social action and those with low social action;
Joint approaches with regional and national funders to address shared problems, outcomes and aspirations;
The trust and credibility issue between the VCSE sectors and the Council, particularly ensuring that strategic messaging is reflected in how the Council operates.

10. NNS activities – brief guide:
Find, map and engage community assets in the “Prevention First” approach
Support community groups and organisations to sustain and build current capacity and offer, as well as to build wider skills
Support community social work practice by linking community assets to older people and social workers
Support other agencies interested in linking community assets to older people
Commission community activity through micro and small grants (building the community offer and/or making it more accessible to older people)
Develop and support a partnership steering group to locally direct and drive NNS and Prevention First approach
Support the development of new ideas and ways of supporting citizens
Be part of the development of a citywide model for NNS

11. Design, development and specification

12. Who are the Neighbourhood Network Schemes for?
Assessed level of need/Different types of support and approaches – for older people dependent on services
At risk/Early intervention – preventing older people from becoming dependent on services
Everybody/Prevention – for people not yet known to services but who could benefit from being better connected and more active in their neighbourhoods
Who are the Neighbourhood Network Schemes for?

13. Community assets and activities
Could be any of the following:
Arts & Culture
Clubs
Community events
Community groups and networks
Digital skills and capability
Enablement
Handyman and gardening
Physical activity
Social media networks
Sport
Outcome driven:
Increase social participation
Encourage healthy lifestyles
Maximised income
Housing which supports independence
Carers feel more supported
Citizens have a better experience of the social care and health system

14. Investing in community assets and communities
Working with community groups, organisations and individuals to sustain and grow their offer
Directly supporting or funding support for community groups and organisations covering, e.g:
Governance
Fundraising and business planning
Marketing and promotion
Measuring and evaluating activity
Directly supporting or funding support for individuals, groups, organisations and communities, e.g:
Digital inclusion, culture and capability
Social enterprise
Coproduction
Volunteering
Safeguarding

15. Supporting community social work
and the Three Conversations approach

16. Investing in activities not services
Approach being taken is about developing active participation not passive consumption of services
Developing aspiration, not servicing needs
Developing human and social capital , as well as independence
Citizens make communities, not consumers
Definition of a service: the action of helping or doing work for someone
Definition of an activity: a thing that a person or group does

17. Local commissioning
Local budgets of approximately £100K-£200K per year for each Constituency
Building a relevant and accessible community offer for older people:
New activity where there are gaps
Increasing the accessibility of existing activity for new people
Informed by ideas and intelligence from community social work practice
(Mostly) activities not services – supporting lots of smaller community activity for cumulative impact
£1-£10,000 with a proportionate process to match
A couple of examples from Leeds:
Handyperson activity to help with garden and house repairs to help people stay health and active in their own homes – as a small local service and/or a volunteer activity
DVD film club that was set up through investment in a DVD player which brought older people in the locality.

18. Stakeholders and partners
Arts and culture networks – from the local arts fora
Birmingham City Council Locality and Constituency Social Work Teams; Neighbourhoods & Communities (including Neighbourhood Development & Support Unit, Libraries, Community Centres, Advice); Cultural Development Service.
Citizens
Elected representatives including Councillors and/or MP (as a community representative)
Financial Inclusion Partnership and network members
Housing provider(s) – including Birmingham City Council Housing and/or Registered Providers (identified through Birmingham Social Housing Partnership)
NHS Birmingham & Solihull CCG Locality Team and GP Practices; NHS Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust
Regional and national funders
Sport Birmingham and network members
The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS)
Voluntary and community sector organisations
West Midlands Fire Service
West Midlands Police
Network of stakeholders and partners
NNS Constituency Steering Group/Partnership Board
Communications and engagement plan/activity

20. Places – priorities and opportunities to have the biggest impact

21. Analysis of three key areas
Adult social care and health demand – potential impact and benefit
Contacts with ACAP which lead to assessments
Services provided to over 65s
Community investment and assets – breadth and depth of community groups and organisations
Number of organisations accessing grants of £10,000 or less
Total value of grants of £10,000 or less
Deprivation – capacity for citizens to invest in communities
By deciles and compared to the City and national average

22. Opportunities and priorities
Older person demand on social care services
Acocks Green (Yardley)
Bartley Green (Edgbaston)
Billesley (Selly Oak)
Bournville (Selly Oak)
Brandwood (Selly Oak)
Erdington (Erdington)
Kingstanding (Erdington)
Lozells and East Handsworth (Perry Barr)
Shard End (Hodge Hill)
Soho (Ladywood)
Stechford and Yardley North (Yardley)
Tyburn (Erdington)
Weoley (Northfield)
Combined:
Billesley (Selly Oak)
Stechford and Yardley North (Yardley)
Weoley (Northfield)
Acocks Green (Yardley)
Bartley Green (Edgbaston)
Brandwood (Selly Oak)
Erdington (Erdington)
Shard End (Hodge Hill)
Tyburn (Erdington)
Stockland Green (Erdington)

23. Funding formula
The data analysis has been used to inform a funding formula, which identifies where the biggest impacts might be achieved, and where more funding might be needed to support the development of community activity.
Constituency/Locality
Funding per annum
Edgbaston
£200,000
Erdington
£270,000
Hall Green
£190,000
Hodge Hill
£250,000
Ladywood
£210,000
Northfield
Sutton
£180,000
Yardley
£280,000

24. OUTCOMES – what impact and difference do we want the neighbourhood network schemes to deliver/contribute to

25. Citizens and communities
Theme
Prevention First Outcomes
How we might measure this – quantitative and qualitative
Communities
Access to a relevant and diverse community offer
Access to more opportunities to participate in neighbourhoods
Positive changes to the accessibility of activities and opportunities for people in or on the fringes of the care system
Relevance of the community offer to what citizens require and would like to access through, e.g. social work conversations
Positive changes to the number of individuals, groups and organisations active and contributing to “Prevention First” citizen outcomes
Positive changes to the number of people accessing the community offer and participation opportunities
Citizens
Reduced social isolation
Healthier lifestyles
Maximised income
Housing which supports independence
Carers feel more supported (as people and as carers)
Better experience of the social care system
Making safeguarding personal
Positive changes to citizens in the locality, e.g. income, health, citizens staying in their own homes
Increases to the numbers of people participating in local groups and activities, particularly men
Positive outcomes from NNS commissioned activity in the locality
Positive changes to the breadth and depth of local citizen networks and connections
Positive changes to the attitudes of citizens to staying active
Positive changes to the attitudes of citizens towards their local community

26. System, behaviours and culture
Theme
Prevention First Outcomes
How we might measure this – quantitative and qualitative
System
Reduced demand on statutory services
Financial savings
Additional investment
Happier, more productive workforce
Reductions in the contacts with the Adults & Communities Access Point (ACAP) for advice and guidance and/or referrals which don’t meet thresholds
Reductions and changes to the projected need/demand for social care services
Reductions in the projected cost of providing adult social care services
Increases and changes to the levels of non-BCC investment in the locality to support groups and organisations – particularly those contributing to Prevention First and citizen outcomes
Behaviours and culture
Better internal partnership working across Council and NHS
Better cross-sector partnership working between the statutory, voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors
Embedding of a culture which focuses on and support the strengths, assets and positive outcomes for citizens
Productive and collaborative local relationships between BCC, NHS, Police, Fire, Housing Providers, Voluntary Sector Organisations, Community Groups and other stakeholders
Effective levels of engagement in the Neighbourhood Network Scheme as stakeholders and partners – including membership and involvement of the locality NNS partnership, as well as referrals/introductions to NNS
Adoption of asset and strength based approach by local partners

27. TIMELINE

28. Phase 1 Research and Development Projects – July 2018 to January 2019
Edgbaston, Erdington, Hall Green, Hodge Hill, Ladywood, Northfield, Sutton, Yardley Constituencies
Grant awards of £40,000 per Constituency
Identify, map and speak to community assets to involve them in the Nhood Network Schemes and community social work;
Facilitate contact and relationship building between community assets and social work teams;
With the local social work teams reviewing and identify gaps in the community offer for older people;
With community assets reviewing and identifying support needs and gaps for community orgs and groups
Lead Facilitators start in Selly Oak and Perry Barr, via SLA – September 2018 to August 2020
Community assets
Connecting, brokerage and relationships
Local commissioning
Local partnerships
Innovation Fund – September 2018
Testing new ideas to Birmingham, the UK or in general (including new technology)
Developing the evidence of what can work and how
Options for scaling up and rolling out across Neighbourhood Networks

29. Phase 2
Procurement and contract awards NNS Lead Facilitators – September 2018 to December 2018/January 2019
Procurement process starts from August
Contract awards from December 2018 to January 2019
One or two “Lead Facilitators” per Constituency - Edgbaston, Erdington Hall Green, Hodge Hill, Ladywood, Northfield, Sutton, Yardley
Contracts awarded and started for Lead Facilitators – December 2018 to December 2020
Community assets
Connecting, brokerage and relationships
Local commissioning
Local partnerships
NNS community development and infrastructure support via provider framework – January 2019 to December 2020
Approved providers who can provide skills, expertise and infrastructure support to community organisations and covering issues like co-design and co-production to support local commissioning, digital inclusion, micro and social enterprise, measuring impact, value and outcomes, volunteering, safeguarding
Would be purchased /procured on an ad hoc basis through local Neighbourhood Network Schemes budgets

30. A few opportunities to get involved
Providing services and activities via contracts and grants:
NNS Innovation Fund for testing and trialling activity – from Summer 2018
Procurement process for Lead Facilitators – during September 2018
Local commissioning of community activity through micro and small grants – from Autumn 2018
Support framework for developing voluntary and community sector, as well as community skills – from early 2019
Stakeholder or partner:
Via Constituency NNS providers (Lead Facilitators or Development Projects) – from Summer 2018
Citywide NNS Forum – from Summer 2018
Constituency Steering Groups – from Autumn 2018

31. Contact
Austin Rodriguez Commissioning Manager Adult Social Care & Health Telephone: