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Helping Adults with Learning Disabilities with Relationships and Sexual Health
Staff from 17 organisations across Greater Glasgow and Clyde came together in November 2022 at an engagement event held by Sandyford Sexual Health Services. Sandyford is hosted by Glasgow City HSCP for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde.
The aim was to bring a broad range of stakeholders together to plan and prioritise a programme of work to support adults with learning disabilities around their relationships and sexual health. This was identified from a Staff Training Needs Assessment in 2021.
February 2016
This newsletter is packed full of information you need to know including an update on the Integration Joint Board, the Strategic Plan, the Supported Employment Service and the Family Nurse Partnership programme among many more articles.
Learning about the Positives and Challenges of Implementing Housing First in Glasgow
A recent learning day is helping Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) and our partners discuss the positives and challenges of Housing First in Glasgow.
Housing First is a rapid rehousing approach to tackling homelessness amongst people with complex needs, such as mental health or addiction issues. Secure tenancies and intensive support are provided to assist some of the city's most vulnerable people to rebuild their lives, sustain their tenancies and improve their physical and mental health.
Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Network Offers Mental Health Support for New and Expectant Parents
Statistics show that one in five women are affected by mental health problems during pregnancy and the first year after birth. This includes mental illness existing before pregnancy, as well as illnesses that develop for the first time, or are greatly exacerbated in the perinatal period. These illnesses can be mild, moderate or severe, requiring different kinds of care or treatment, from third sector organisations to more specialist services like the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) Perinatal Service.
Update on Glasgow’s Promise
We’re keeping Glasgow’s Promise.
In October 2016, the First Minister made a commitment that Scotland would "come together and love its most vulnerable children to give them the childhood they deserve". She announced an Independent Care Review that would gather the views of those involved to find out what needs to change. The review would listen to those with experience of living and working in and around the 'care system'.
Family Group Decision Making Teams Help Keep Families Together
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) Teams have been working with families across the city to give the opportunity for families to sit down and talk about their children’s needs and make plans to support them as a family group.
Partnership Outreach Programme Helps Break Cycle of Offending
The Positive Outcomes Project (POP) is a partnership-based outreach team that is making a difference to those who find themselves in a cycle of offending due to alcohol and/or drug dependency.
The POP team consists of three Addiction Social Care Workers from our Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) as well as two officers from Police Scotland and a Sacro lived experience Peer Mentor.
Helping Mothers in Glasgow to Breastfeed with Confidence
Congratulations to Elderpark Housing Association in Govan. They’ve recently signed up to the Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Scheme.
The Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Scheme (BFS) runs across Scotland to help provide mothers with positive experiences of breastfeeding when out and about in public areas. Businesses and organisations can actively support mothers to feed on their premises by signing up to the BFS Scheme and displaying their BFS sticker. This gives a visual reassurance that breastfeeding families will be welcomed.
New Video Launched Explaining How Technology Enabled Care and Support (TECS) Can Help People Live More Independently
Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) offers Technology Enabled Care and Support (TECS) as a care and support option, for people to live their lives as independently as possible, in their own home.
A new video has been launched to promote and explain how TECS can work as part of a person’s package of social care support. The video has been split into two short parts and can be viewed in any order.