Solva Care PIP project

The PIP (Prevention, Integration, Partnership) project will develop and implement a total model of care. The Trustees will appoint a PIP Development Assistant to work with Trustees, the Co-ordinator and all relevant agencies on the protocols and procedures necessary to deliver PIP to: Co-ordinate paid carer and volunteer activities: negotiate protocols and joint working procedures with paid domiciliary Care Firms and with private, paid carers; facilitate joint working arrangements between the volunteer team and the paid Domiciliary Carers; work to support local private carers in getting training and in establishing micro enterprise businesses to deliver care; work in partnership with local surgery, LHB and Social services to build a preventative health care programme in order to delay or eliminate early decline into ill health, isolation and dependency; support the use of Direct payments option and work with Diverse Cymru to establish a direct payments support group; work with Third sector groups, statutory services, local surgery, school, local clubs and groups (Boatowners, Business Group, Sailing and Watersports club etc) to build up a programme of activities to support the programe of preventative health and social care measures; share good practice and benefit from learning to come out of the project by developing a programme/toolkit aimed at supporting and encouraging other small rural communities seeking to set up their own community based care delivery system.