Our commissioning approach for adults, children and families in Gateshead - commissioning priorities 2024-2025
Introduction
This document sits alongside Our Commissioning Approach and will be reviewed on an annual basis.
A number of key user groups and service areas have been identified as priorities for the Commissioning Service in the forthcoming year:
- Home Care for older and disabled people
- residential and nursing care for adults
- a Gateshead System approach to meeting the needs of children and adults with autism
- SEND and alternative education provision
- local, high quality registered residential care for children
- sustainable homes and support for adults and children with complex behaviour related needs with a focus on transition
- Foster Care sufficiency
- sufficiency in relation to working age adults with enduring Mental Health Needs
This does not represent an exhaustive list of planned activity during the course of the year but provides a focus on some of the more significant areas of commissioning work to be undertaken.
A number of key themes have also been identified, that will influence our commissioning activity:
- community based solutions, reducing demand for formal care for adults
- information, advice and signposting
- Self Directed Support
- caregivers including young carers
- technology enabled care and communities
- regional collaboration and engagement
- engagement and co-production
- community based, low intensity and free services
- placement sufficiency for children and young people in the care of Gateshead Local Authority
- sufficiency of short break provision for Disabled Children