The Making It Real Board help to develop the future of adult social care
How does the Making It Real Board work?
Our Making It Real Board was set up in January 2018 and is made up of people who use adult services or who are interested in the development of adult social care in Telford and Wrekin along with Council professionals. Discover more about the role of a Making It Real Board Members.
The board meets quarterly working in co-production making recommendations on how adult social care can improve and develop based on emerging themes from experiences and wider service feedback, with the aim of seeing services progress towards more preventative, person-centred and where appropriate community-based approaches. Working in line with the Making It Real national framework, which uses a set of co-produced statements that describe what good care and support looks like, organised into six themes.
These themes also align to the Care Act legislation and are built into the Care Quality Commission (CQC) Single Assessment Framework.
Visit the Making It Real website for more information on the Making It Real themes and statements
Aligned with the board we hold regular Making It Happen meetings and themed subgroups.
These meetings focus on co-production activity and projects across adult social care. View the opportunities to get involved with co-production activity and projects.
While the board supports with forward planning and cross team working to ensure that work is not duplicated across the different partnership boards, helping to move ideas and solutions into action or practice.
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Navigating adult social care can be confusing, so the Making It Real Board created the “Knowing Where to Go” section to help customers find the information they need.
The Making It Real Board has introduced an online feedback form to help us listen to, and act on, the views and experiences of people who use our services.
These experts by experience have worked alongside us to shape the Adult Social Care Charter, ensuring it reflects the principles that matter most to them.
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The Co-production Framework
Telford and Wrekin Council’s Adult Social Care Co‑production Framework, which sets out how the Council works in partnership with people who use services, carers, and communities.
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