There are seven key responsibilities highlighted in the Care Act (2014), which relate to Care Providers needing to take a preventative approach. HCPA aims to support care providers to embed the correct governance, tools, education, and resources to prevent deterioration, to promote independence and improve quality of life.
Prevention in social care is about encouraging people to be proactive about their health and wellbeing. It can increase independence and significantly reduce or delay the need for care and support services.
Meeting the standards that are set out in the HCPA Prevention and Enablement Self-Assessment Framework, can help your organisation meet these responsibilities. Click here to download
The framework is designed to create a consistent standard of care within Hertfordshire, whilst at the same time evidencing the good work that you are doing in line with any monitoring and inspections. The indicators reflect the principles of the Hertfordshire County Council’s ConnectedLives Outcomes Framework, ensuring that you also meet these expectations. Additionally, the indicators within the framework reflect the ‘prevent, reduce and delay needs’ approach advocated by the Social Care Institute for Excellence’s (SCIE) Care Act training:
- Does the care intervention involve a holistic approach which entails a ‘prevent, reduce and delay’ approach, rather than only ‘support’?
- Is the care intervention preventing all appropriate needs, then reducing those that can’t be prevented, then delaying those that can’t be reduced or prevented, and ‘supporting’ only those where ‘prevent, reduce and delay’ is not possible?
- Does the care intervention involve working with the adult/carer in supporting the needs that require support, whilst at the same time ensuring other needs are ‘prevented, reduced or delayed’?
- Does the care intervention maximise all the universal services, informal support, information and advice, etc. to ensure ‘prevention, reduction and delay’ of needs?
- Has the care intervention ‘prevented, reduced and delayed’ ALL identified needs and have ALL actions been appropriately recorded?
Prevention and Enablement Self-Assessment Framework
This framework actively promotes 10 topics that underpin Prevention and Enablement, and, once completed, it gives Providers one of the following as a status:
This can be used to highlight areas that need improvement, and facilitates the process of preparing to achieve ‘Outstanding’ on CQC and Herts Monitoring inspections. The HCPA Prevention and Enablement teamwork with Providers to support them through the Prevention and Enablement Self-Assessment Framework. This is usually completed with the Care Manager, and then education and support training can be booked based on identified actions. The Falls Champion and Enabling and Mobility Champions are also encouraged to take an active role in completing the framework.