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The magazine for supporters of Community Integrated Care

SUMMER EDITION 2016

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Voices Heard

The next step to true involvement

New Places, New Faces!

A tour of our Nottingham services

Food for Thought!

Making meal times an experience to cherish

Model Behaviour A positive approach to transformation

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Walk this way!

The kitchen = the heart of the home

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You First is the quarterly magazine for all colleagues and customers of Community Integrated Care.

It is written by our Internal Communications Team, Danielle Chan and Siobhan Biggane, with the help of our guest contributors and is produced by our design partners, Words&Pictures.

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WELCOME Hello and welcome to our summer edition of You First! It’s hard to believe that it’s been over two months since our relaunch edition – I hope you’ve all enjoyed reading our new-look magazine!

I particularly enjoyed seeing your feedback on Yammer and I was delighted to hear that the Internal Communications Team were inundated with ideas for content. I am reliably informed that they’ve received enough content to fill the rest of 2016’s editions!

It’s been a really exciting few months at Community Integrated Care and a time of true partnership-working. We’ve opened EachStep Blackburn in the heart of the community – read more about this on pages 8-9. We’ve also launched a unique partnership with Widnes Vikings Rugby League Club, which promises some

great experiences for the people we support and colleagues too. Whether you’re a sports fan or not, this makes for great reading on pages 10-11.

Why not take some inspiration and consider how you can build similar partnerships in your community?!

I hope you enjoy this edition of You First – as always, we’d love to hear what you think. You can share your thoughts on Yammer or email us directly at youfirst@c-i-c.co.uk.

Until next time, Neil Matthewman, Chief Executive

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Colleagues from across the country are sharing their stories with us in this edition of You First. If you have a story to share get in touch by emailing us at youfirst@c-i-c.co.uk!

Sarah Butt, Service Leader, Redhill Road, Nottingham

Joe Crammond, Peer Reviewer, Southern Region

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Sarah Clout, Service Leader, Radcliffe Road and Musters Road, Nottingham

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Tarryn Dagnall, Senior Support Worker, Walkers Lane, St Helens

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Sarah Loftus, Service Leader, Mount Road, Sunderland

WOW Tour

Think your service would make our Executive Team say WOW? Then why not put yourselves forward to be part of our newly launched WOW Tour?

The Welcome to Our World Tour (WOW) will see our Executive Team members and Trustees visiting services regularly, to see first-hand the wonderful work that goes on in our charity every day. So, if the people you support are happy to be visited, why not invite an ET member to your service today? Email: wowtour@c-i-c.co.uk

Catherine Murray-Howard, Director of Business Development & Performance, Deputy CEO

John Heritage, Director of Operations

Karen Sheridan, Managing Director, Scotland

Kerry Tanfield, HR Director

Andrew Sleigh, Chief Financial Officer

Martin McGuigan, Director of Quality & Innovation

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We’re a social bunch here at Community Integrated Care. That’s why there’s nothing we love more than celebrating our great people on our social media channels…

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John Timms is a long-standing supporter of St Luke’s Care Home in Runcorn, where his late wife Marian was a resident. He walked 100 miles in her memory to raise funds for the home.

Sun’s out = BBQ’s out! Heartly Green in Manchester enjoyed the rays with a garden party.

Huge congratulations to Olly Bower who completed the London Marathon in 4 hours 30 minutes!

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The great work at Elizabeth Road in Huyton, Merseyside, was recognised in their recent CQC report, which was ‘Good’ in all areas! Well done Caroline Shepherd and the team!

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At Community Integrated Care, we recognise that the most important views belong to the people we support.

After all, they are the ones receiving the care we deliver, and they’re experts on how it should be done!

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ut how can we make sure that this is more than just words?

Well, say hello to Community Integrated Care’s National Voice Group. Made up of our Peer Reviewers – people we support and employ to audit the quality of our services – the Voice Group meets every other month to discuss the common themes arising from their Quality of Life audits. With the support of an Independent Facilitator, they then begin to identify good practice, areas for potential improvement, and any barriers to involvement that might exist.

Emma Cheers, Quality Assurance Coordinator, who organises the Voice Group alongside Shelagh Murphy, Quality & Performance Manager, says: “Topics can be anything from budgets to staff training, but the important thing is that the group themselves are genuinely involved in discussions with Regional Directors and the Executive Team to make changes happen. This is a huge shift towards genuine inclusion.”

She adds: “I am impressed every day by what a tenacious, determined and truly inspirational team the Voice Group

are, and if you haven’t yet felt their impact, I guarantee you soon will!”

Next month the Group welcomes HR Director Kerry Tanfield and Chief Financial Officer Andrew Sleigh, to talk about how recruitment and finance processes can be improved to benefit the people we support. You First will report back on the outcome of this important debate!

This month we asked Voice Group member Joe Crammond, 26, from Fareham, to tell us all about his trip to the Voice Group in Manchester. As a budding photographer, he’s given us a photo diary of his day!

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Support Worker Kurtis Blake-Wynter pictured with Russell who lives at Radcliffe Road, Support Worker Laura Pasvianskaite and Service Leader, Sarah Clout and Service Leader Sarah Clout

In 2014 we opened our very first service in Nottingham. Fast forward two years and we’re proud to say we’ve now opened the doors to seven amazing new services, welcoming over 75 staff and people supported into the Community Integrated Care family. Here’s a look at just a few…

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ince opening its doors in 2015, Musters Road has welcomed 13 amazing people into their own flats – and with a truly personalised support model in place, they are thriving!

Service Leader for Musters Road, Sarah Clout says: “I think the key for this service is that we constantly adapt to meet people’s goals – Support Plans and One Page Profiles are updated all the time.

“We support a lady called Jayde, who admits herself that managing money isn’t her strong point. She’s a huge fan of singer Selena Gomez, and wanted to see her in concert in Birmingham, with an overnight stay too. She knew she’d need to work really hard at saving her money to do it.

“Jayde was supported to save each week and she was overjoyed when she had enough money to buy her concert and hotel tickets! As Jayde describes it, this is something to tick off her ‘Bucket List’ – and she already has her eye on the next one… a trip to New York!”

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ne of our first services in the city, Radcliffe Road, provides transitional support to four men with mental health concerns and Asperger’s. Support is focused around life skills, such as cooking, budgeting and building social networks.

Service Leader Sarah Clout shared a fantastic outcome of one man at the service: “Russell moved into Radcliffe Road five months ago, after previously living with his parents. He has Asperger’s and his anxieties have always had a huge effect on his life. We spent a lot of time getting to know Russell before he moved, making sure he knew the team really well and that we knew how best to support him. His parents were really concerned about how he’d cope living independently, but five months on everyone is delighted to see him flourish! In fact, he’s just achieved a huge goal of getting his first car!”

The people we support and staff from Musters Road enjoy a cuppa!

Jake (right) and Support Worker John Simpson at Gulliver’s Park!

Jack was delighted to ride on a train for the very first time!

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edhill Road & The Ivies are home to three young men all aged between 18-20 – Alex, Jack and Jake – who have autism. Service Leader Sarah Butt tells us all about their progress.

“After a transition period that presented several challenges and some excellent work from the staff team to support the three lads, they’re all doing great!

“Alex has just spent two days at Alton Towers and had a ball! He lives close to his family and loves the regular visits – in fact, his Nan kindly showed us where the best fish and chip shop is!

“Jack was recently supported to go on a train for the very first time and thoroughly enjoyed it. He now gets the train every week to visit his family. He’s really active and loves to go bowling and for long walks down the river.

“Jake’s needs are more complex, but he’s achieved such a lot in a very short space of time. Riding boats at Matlock and visiting Gulliver’s Park are just a couple of his recent outings! With Summer fast approaching, Jake and his staff team are enthusiastically planning many wonderful activities for him to try!”

Alex had a thrilling time at Alton Towers

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Doors Open at

EachStep Blackburn!

After 794 days of planning, 60,000 bricks, 5.5 miles of underfloor heating pipes, and almost 3,000 square metres of carefully planned dementia-friendly environments, the ribbon has been cut at EachStep Blackburn. Our brand new £5 million specialist dementia service in the heart of the Lancashire community is open for business!

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n 19th May 2016, Community Integrated Care held the grand opening for this brand new service, the second to open under the EachStep brand.

The special event was marked with a keynote speech by guest of honour David Behan, Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission, and brought together representatives from Blackburn with Darwen Council and NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, Age UK, Blackburn College and Blackburn Rovers.

Community Integrated Care Chief Executive Neil Matthewman was proud to introduce EachStep Blackburn to the event’s 100 guests: “EachStep Blackburn is more than a care home. It is a place that breaks new boundaries for outcome -focused dementia care, community engagement and partnership working.

“We’ve brought together a modern dementia-friendly environment, leading person-centred care approaches and a commitment to meeting the strategic commissioning needs of this town.”

Delegates were given exclusive tours of EachStep Blackburn, with its themed areas (including a cinema, sports-themed area and music room), its beautiful landscaped gardens and outstanding dementia-friendly facilities are receiving universal praise.

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ohn Hughes, Head of Communications & Marketing, tells us all about how a special partnership with Rugby Super League team, Widnes Vikings, has led to a Grand Slam of health, wellbeing, happiness and inclusion at Community Integrated Care.

“Today is the official launch event for our collaboration with Widnes Vikings and it’s a huge day for everyone involved,” John explains.

“Over the next year, this exclusive partnership will see us work closely with the club to deliver an exciting 12-month programme of activities and opportunities for the staff and people we support across the Halton area.”

“Varying from weekly health and fitness sessions run by Widnes Vikings coaches to a special monthly dementia café – the aim of this collaboration is to make a difference in people’s lives.

“Not only that, our people will enjoy money-can’t-buy experiences, including training sessions with the first team, and invitations as guests of honour on match days!”

John continues: “The thinking behind this partnership is clear. Care providers simply can’t support people to live full and ordinary lives in their communities without being truly connected to that community and the groups in it. We’re demonstrating the power of doing this, and creating a model for partnership-working that can be replicated throughout all of our towns and cities.”

John tells us of his title-winning ambitions for the project: “Our aim is really bold – we want to create the most comprehensive and ambitious partnership between a care provider and a sports team.”

“We recognised Widnes Vikings as a huge focal point in the Halton community – the

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very community in which we were founded. That’s why we have started here, building a legacy that can be replicated nationally, creating opportunities for people we support all over the country.

“A few of the first team joined us – it was a great moment for the people we support and our staff to meet their heroes! And of course, we can’t forget Kemik the Viking, the club’s mascot!

It’s clear to see from the enthusiasm that this is a really special piece of engagement and its impact is going to have a massive reach. There’s so much more to come from this and I’m really excited to see what we can achieve.”

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Bon From comfort food on a wintery night, to hosting a tasty BBQ in the summertime; creating a romantic anniversary meal, to preparing a favourite dish to cheer up a friend, food plays a huge part in all our lives.

Service Manager at The Peele, Melissa Willock-Malin enjoys a tasty meal!

More than just keeping us healthy and nourished, it’s about quality time with loved ones and the happy memories we create. So why should this be any different for the residents in our older people’s care homes? Well, it shouldn’t.

That’s why over the past few months, we’ve been reviewing how we can improve the dining experience in our homes.

Joe Strain, Business Improvement Manager for Project Sunshine, tells us more: “I passionately believe that everyone deserves to eat good food, in a beautiful environment and really enjoy the occasion of mealtimes. For many residents, it’s the highlight of their day.”

There’s always plenty to choose from with Apetito

“However, the feedback we were receiving was that the quality of our meals wasn’t always good enough and there wasn’t much consistency across our services.”

“We spend a huge amount on catering every year – over £2 million – so we needed to take a fresh look at everything from the quality of meals on offer, the choice of food and the way it was being served.”

The team considered three options: an inhouse approach, fully outsourced catering and a hybrid of the two. Which could offer quality, balanced with best value?

After an in-depth search, they chose Apetito as our provider – offering a solution combining both in-house and out-sourced catering.

Joe explains: “Apetito’s team of highly qualified chefs prepare freshly cooked meals, which are pre-ordered every day.

We retain an in-house catering team who’ll work with residents to choose from thousands of dishes, developing bespoke menus for the service. The food is then

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Peter Thomspon, who is a resident at The Peele (and a former chef himself!) was very impressed with Apetito’s offering.

Business Improvement Manager Joe Strain enjoyed a bite to eat with residents Peter Thompson and Edna Ball

delivered part-cooked, with the catering team simply finishing the cooking process in special ovens on site.”

Joe admits that the team were initially sceptical of this pre-prepared approach, questioning whether this could deliver on both taste and nutrition.

“There was definitely concern around what, on the surface, could be seen as ‘meals on wheels’. But as soon as Apetito presented their approach – the fresh ingredients, the detailed nutritional analysis, the science of the cooking process, and finally, the taste test – we were well and truly won over!”

For Joe, the real beauty of the solution is what it means for those in-house teams who were already doing a great job when it came to dining. “Their time can now be spent interacting with residents, really making an event of meal times and developing foodbased activities within the home for residents to be a part of.”

Joe was confident in the team’s choice after visiting Apetito’s head offices on a farm in Wiltshire, where their meals are prepared. “Seeing first-hand how their food goes from field to fork was amazing. The ingredients are fresh and locally sourced and they spend millions each year on research so they can develop their menus.”

So what’s next? “Roll-out begins in late summer. In the meantime, Apetito will be visiting homes to do taste tests, answer any questions and generally just get to know the teams they will be part of. We want food to be not just functional but enjoyable, nutritious and delicious too – with Apetito as our partner, we can do this and more!”

Apetito offer a range of fresh, locally sourced meals

Watch our partnership with Apetito in action in our exclusive video: bit.ly/cic-apetito

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In April we welcomed two new recruits – Paula Spence, Head of Older People’s Transformation, and Peter Dillon, Transformation & Quality Manager. Together, they’ll lead our Older People’s Services, bringing Project Sunshine to life! You First finds out more…

Tell us a bit about yourself...

PS: I’m mum to Euan and Daphne, married to Lawrence and a chocolate biscuit addict! Job-wise, I’ve worked in commissioning and quality for 13 years.

I’m a passionate believer in people with support needs achieving the best outcomes possible.

PD: I’m married to Barbara, have two stepchildren, five grandchildren and Rufus, the dog! Professionally, I’m always looking to challenge traditional systems which set out to support, but often limit, people’s lives.

Tell us about your new roles...

PS: I’d worked in local government for years, and wanted to make a difference by working for a provider. I wanted the chance to transform the lives of residents and staff, and this is what Project Sunshine is all about.

PD: After 30 years in local government, I needed a change, so when the chance came up to join Project Sunshine, it felt like fate. My role means I get to work alongside residents, managers, staff and loved ones, to really improve the services we offer.

Why is it important that our Older People’s Services join together as one region?

PS: The challenges of these care homes are very different to other services. Bringing all 18 homes in England together as one team is a fantastic way

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of sharing experiences and creating a culture of support for managers.

What are your plans for your newly formed region?

PS: That’s simple: make Project Sunshine the success we know it can be! That means setting high standards, taking an honest look at what we offer and giving teams the support they need to succeed.

I want everyone we support to live the best lives they can, with skilled, passionate and proud staff alongside them.

PD: It’s all about asking the question: “If I could choose to live here, would I?” We must get to a place where the answer to that question is a resounding yes!

Paula Spence and Peter Dillon will be driving forward all things Project Sunshine!

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s we continue on our journey to become a more person-centred organisation, many of our services are going on their own journeys too – transitioning from registered care homes to supported living tenancies.

Offering a more flexible, outcome-focused and modern model of support, deregistration is the key to true personalisation, but what’s involved in making this happen?

Here, Sarah Loftus, Service Leader at Mount Road in Sunderland, who oversaw the deregistration of her service in April, shares her experiences with You First:

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“There’s no doubt that deregistering a service is a big challenge and a huge change.

There’s a lot to consider, from making sure that people understand what it means to become a tenant in their own home, to completely revamping support plans to reflect new models of care. It’s a big job, but definitely a worthwhile one.

“Despite being a registered service, we’ve been running with a Supported Living ethos for some time, so the changes haven’t come all at once. It’s often the little things – like the people we support being able to change their minds about what they’re doing that day. Under our previous staffing model, that would have been difficult.

“There are still challenges ahead – such as understanding the financial changes involved – but I know we’ll get there. Our aim is for the people we support to live the best lives possible and the flexibility of Supported Living definitely helps us achieve this.”

Here’s Sarah’s advice for a smooth deregistration process…

1. C ommunication is key! Talk to the people you support, their fam ilies and colleagues, to allay any con cerns and get people excited for what’s ahead.

2. S tay organised! Keep a der egistration file and record everything the re.

3. W hen you’re changing staff practice, use prompt cards for the first few weeks – e.g. reminding staff to allow tenants to answer their own phone and front door.

4. M ake sure you have a named person to approach for advice in eac h area, such as finance and housing – internally and externally too.

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A huge Community Integrated Care welcome to our new services…

Cranworth Close in Rotherham, is a new Supported Living service supporting six people.

The people we’re supporting are living at Cranworth Close on a temporary basis while they choose new properties – so keep an eye out for updates in future editions of You First!

We also welcome Wynhill, a Supported Living service in Nottingham, which is home to two people with learning disabilities.

Speaking of Nottingham, it’s been a busy few months for our team there… see page 6!

In the last edition of You First, we to be part of a community told you about Marion – Court, a an d boy was he right! brand new service in Ga teshead “He loves to go to the gym for a man with comple , x needs. which is great for his we Lynsey Drew, Service Lea llbe ing too. der in His life skills have improv the North East, stopped ed no end, by to he’s managing his money update us on how Stewa well and rd, 26, ha s his sights set on gettin is getting on… g a job.

Most importantly thoug “Steward’s progress sin h, he has a ce moving relationship with his mu into Marion Court in Feb m and sister, ruary has which wa sn’t previously possible. been incredible. Some pe ople “His goal is to reduce his involved in his support support ho urs, and it’s one we’re wo were concerned about rking him really hard with Steward moving from a hospital to hel p setting him achieve.

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Onwards and Upwards at Marion Court!

Look out for updates on Yammer and in the next edition of You First!

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eather Birnie, Home Manager at Mansfield House, a residential service for older adults with learning disabilities, is busy keeping us up to speed on how the new development is going!

“This move is a huge step for the people we support at Mansfield House – some of whom have lived here for more than 30 years – but it’s one we’re all really excited about. For the first time in their lives, the people we support will be tenants in their own homes, but not just any homes!

They’re moving into purpose-built apartments that are kitted out with the most modern and flexible assistive technologies. The environment is going to be absolutely incredible.

“We’ve worked really closely with Dumfries & Galloway Council and our local Housing Association, Loreburn Housing, to make sure that everything is tailored perfectly to the needs of the people we support. The best bit about it all is that the new apartments are a stone’s throw from Mansfield House, so the guys can remain valued members of the community they know and love.

“It’s been a long process, but we’re all geared up to pack our bags and up sticks in July – and we’re counting down the days!

We can’t wait to give you the grand tour in our next edition of You First, but for now, here’s the progress of the development so far!

MAY 2016

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In the last issue of You First, we told you about You Can!, our new approach to Performance & Development. Our Learning and Development team have been on the road for over two months now, and by the end of June will have trained an amazing 600 colleagues!

Here, we speak to Suzanne O’Connor, Service Leader in Merseyside, about her experience so far….

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ell – where do I begin?” From the second we started the fantastic training, I knew You Can! was going to be a success.

I started by introducing the ‘You Can! Catch Up’ documentation to my teams – this is the more informal of the You Can! Meetings - so I thought it would be the best place to start.

If I’m honest, my team were a little deflated to see ‘yet another document’ come into play. But that feeling was soon a thing of the past when they realised how user-friendly You Can! is.

What people really liked the most is how

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much You Can! allows them to express what is really important to them and the people they support. It has made such a difference to the team – who have developed their own ‘shopping lists’ of things they can do to enhance the quality of life of the people they support. By taking control and focusing on what matters to them, they’ve set their own objectives and now have ownership of what they need to do.

On a personal level, I feel like I understand the needs and aspirations of my staff so much better now – which can only make me a better leader. My team often take a ‘needs must’ approach to paperwork, and see it as secondary to

their role – but not with You Can! This has left a buzz in the air, with some staff members even asking for more meetings!

I’m now working on introducing the more formal and structured You Can! Plan and Develop meetings. Alongside our Behavioural Framework – You Can! Know How, these have given me the scope to challenge some historical cultures that have existed – which has proven to be a win-win situation: happier staff and happier people we support.

This is just the beginning. My team have only scratched the surface with You Can! – but I can already safely say…

We Can!”

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And finally...

A quick chat with

Walkers Lane...

The kitchen is the heart of any home and this is certainly the case at Walkers Lane in St Helens!

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he team have been on a culinary journey recently, transforming their approach to nutrition by holding theme days including organic day and vegetarian day!

Senior Support Worker Tarryn Dagnall talks to us about the amazing impact small changes are having…

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