CASE MANAGEMENT
Deborah Edwards (left) RTW Plus and Chair VRA in association with Karen Burgin Chair Karen Burgin Ltd and Chair CMSUK
Angela Kerr, Managing Director AKA Case Management and Chair BABICM
An initial Vision and Mission has been agreed as:
and a financial model and business plan is in development. Funding of this work to date has been MISSION via membership fees paid to the organisations. In To safeguard people who use case management order to continue this development the group will be services, by setting and upholding standards for engaging with a range of stakeholders for their registered case managers. support in this exciting development. BABICM, CMSUK and VRA wish to reinforce their commitment to continue to collaborate in their provision of services VISION to their memberships and work towards accreditation We will be fair, proportionate and effective in which ultimately provides reassurance to stakeholders administering a nationally recognised register, ensuring protection of the public. protection of service users and the public A comprehensive andA comprehensive awareness raising by promoting and upholding high programme including informations standards of practice and ethical conduct awareness raising campaigns, conference and social for the case management profession. programme media marketing is being planned. Our Over the last 8 months, the group has is being planned first event will be a presentation at the worked tirelessly to review each APIL Annual Conference in 18-19 November 2020. We organisation’s standards of practice alongside those in are delighted to have been invited to attend this existence with other professional groups. They have event and would welcome other approaches from utilised internationally recognised research undertaken across case management sectors so that we can by Sue Lukersmith to create first draft technical access as many stakeholders as possible. ■ standards for its process of accreditation with the PSA. These technical standards will be supported by an education strategy to develop joint training events that underpin the standards and potentially offer a way of raising funds to support the accreditation process. Business standards including finance, governance, PR and marketing are currently being developed. The group has extended its membership to include NHS representation as we are actively seeking to include case managers in other sectors as well as those working within the medico-legal/insurance industry. Phone: 0161 762 6440 or 0333 2070755 THE FUTURE email: VRA.CMSUK.BABICM@togetherstronger.org.uk Plans for an official launch in early 2021 are being made www.togetherstronger.org.uk
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