CSIP - Care Service Improvement Partnership

The Care Services Improvement Partnership came into being on 1st April 2005 to support service improvement and better lives for children, adults and older people, including those who have mental health problems, physical disability or learning disability.
CSIP operates in England and has seven major programme areas:

• Supporting better services for children and families.
• Supporting positive changes in the well-being of people with health and social care needs in all parts of the criminal justice system.
• Managing national networks to support local service redesign across the whole health and social care system.
• Providing national leadership and development support to local learning disability partnership boards.
• Working with the NHS, social care and other stakeholders to help all those involved in mental health implement positive changes.
• Working with social care, health and housing to promote independence, extend choice and improve the quality of life for older people and people with physical disabilities.
• Leading a national social care programme by supporting the implementation of Our Health, Our Care, Our Say and providing high quality support to help services improve.
  The Partnership works at national, regional and local levels - with most of its contribution being directed through eight regional centres, emphasising local delivery within a national framework.

Key aims

CSIP’s two key aims are to:

• Support care services to improve the quality of life for people of all ages who receive such services
• Support local service improvement in a way that is consistent with national policy and meets the aspirations of consumers and their families, and people who work in those services.

To achieve these aims, CSIP contributes across a wide spectrum of issues, such as the delivery of statutory care services; housing; employment; leisure; challenging stigma; and general social inclusion. It sees ‘social care’ as going beyond traditional boundaries of social services, and relating to the wider social context of peoples lives; their independence and well-being, and their health.

CSIP in the South West

The CSIP South West Development Centre was established in April 2005.

We work with people and agencies in the statutory, community and voluntary sector, and with people who use health and social care services. Our aim is to improve the quality of life for all people who experience health problems.

We serve the South West region, with a population of 9.9 million people living within rural and urban communities, different cultural communities, and some areas of economic deprivation.

Our team - The CSIP SW team is drawn from across the South West region. Our staff include development consultants, programme leads, and associates, and we are supported by a central administrative team.

Our programmes focus on service improvements for:
• People with mental health problems
• People with learning disabilities
• Older people with health and social care needs
• Children and families with health and social care needs, and
• People with health and social care needs in the criminal justice system
• Social Care
• System Change

CSIP Annual Review 2006

For more information about CSIP SW, please visit www.southwest.csip.org.uk or call us on 01278 432002.

For more information about the Care Services Improvement Partnership, Nationally go to http://www.csip.org.uk/.

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