Our Place A user / carer led centre for those in Northumberland suffering from ‘Dual Diagnosis’ (Mental Ill Health combined with drug / alcohol addiction). The project will bring families, friends, users, carers together with partnership support from third and statutory sector to self build / renovate a centre of excellence that focuses on needs of both carer and user. In this project the process managing this new organisation and constructing its home will as valuable and needed as the work it will do.

Our place

Features, needs and efficiencies Features of your project Self Build Self Help User and Carer Led Help and Care for Dual Diagnosis easlily accessed Efficiencies created With the current absence of a single service, people loop or repeatedly bounce between providers becoming progressively more ill – our place will be a on stop shop. Needs your project meets People Share Experiences Personalised and Controlled Care People receive the unique type care they need in one place

Features of your project

Self Build Self Help

User and Carer Led

Help and Care for Dual Diagnosis easlily accessed

Efficiencies created

With the current absence of a single service, people loop or repeatedly bounce between providers becoming progressively more ill – our place will be a on stop shop.

Needs your project meets

People Share Experiences

Personalised and Controlled Care

People receive the unique type care they need in one place

Measures of success Monitoring people with dual diagnosis,presenting at rehab or for hospital treatment. Outcomes for carers and service users well being measured in respect of impact on family, social and work life. Uptake of offer from community and numbers of self referrals as well as those from health, GP’s and third sector.

Monitoring people with dual diagnosis,presenting at rehab or for hospital treatment.

Outcomes for carers and service users well being measured in respect of impact on family, social and work life.

Uptake of offer from community and numbers of self referrals as well as those from health, GP’s and third sector.

Support Community Buy In, Work and Support Expert Guidance (both for the build and to put in place / run the service) Partnership understandings with health and social services, police, rehab and third sector.

Community Buy In, Work and Support

Expert Guidance (both for the build and to put in place / run the service)

Partnership understandings with health and social services, police, rehab and third sector.

Please delete as appropriate. I am willing to attend the Festival of Ideas on 12 th November to talk about this project and to be signed up to the Innovation Exchange website to support this knowledge sharing after the event. I do understand that this event is the launch of the North East JIP’s Provider Development Fund and I am interested in the possibility of applying to this Fund in the future I do understand that this Fund will only support projects that involve collaboration between at least two providers of social care services and that funded projects will be part of an evaluation process to include both research interviews and knowledge sharing events. Your commitments

I am willing to attend the Festival of Ideas on 12 th November to talk about this project and to be signed up to the Innovation Exchange website to support this knowledge sharing after the event.

I do understand that this event is the launch of the North East JIP’s Provider Development Fund and I am interested in the possibility of applying to this Fund in the future

I do understand that this Fund will only support projects that involve collaboration between at least two providers of social care services and that funded projects will be part of an evaluation process to include both research interviews and knowledge sharing events.