Community safety delivery plan outline 2021-2022

Priority five: vulnerable people

We want to:

reduce demand on individual agencies and professionals through better partnership engagement
see better outcomes for individuals involved with appropriate referrals and use of escalation
see a better and quicker referral process with a full understanding of the threshold for referral, ensuring individuals will receive the support they need as quickly as possible

To do this, we will:

better and more effectively manage individual cases that are impacting on numerous agencies and the community to reduce the burden on services and see more speedy support for vulnerable people
manage complex cases through a partnership approach with an agreed threshold for partnership intervention, escalating where necessary
ensure all partner agencies are aware of what support is available for vulnerable people affected by drugs / alcohol addiction, mental health issues, hoarding, contextual safeguarding and self-neglect and how to refer

We want to:

To do this, we will:

We want to:

see early intervention and resolution
see less demand on services due to individuals receiving the support they need more quickly
target funding and support to plug any gaps in service provision
support victims of hate crimes and hate incidents

To do this, we will:

ensure appropriate support is locally available to those people that are affected by drugs / alcohol addiction, mental health issues, hoarding, contextual safeguarding and self-neglect
map gaps in existing local services for drugs / alcohol addiction, mental health issues, hoarding, contextual safeguarding and self-neglect.
identify specialist services that provide support to victims of hate crimes and hate incidents

We want to:

better understand where people can be referred for help and support to lower demand on agencies

To do this, we will:

develop a partnership communication strand to raise public awareness of the support services available.