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As occupational

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therapist for the last 100 years,

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we've worked in a person
centered a strength based way

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to actually motivate and encourage,
inspire and empower individuals.

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Our assessments are occupational focused,
so we look at what's meaningful

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and purposeful to individuals and carers
in how they live their lives.

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And we undertake a holistic assessment
to identify goals

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that people want to achieve
and bed positive risk taking,

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and collaborate with them to introduce
compensatory and adaptive strategies

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using activities or therapeutic tool.

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Looking at the Care Act, it's not all car

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you know, to the to the model

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that is within that statute.

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So like many local authorities

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historically in Kirklees,

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people requested a care act

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traditionally and that would come in.

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It would then sit on a social work hub
waiting list for many months.

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The file would be allocated
and then a social worker.

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Okay, so a community assessment
and support officer would visit and assess

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and they may determine
that occupational therapy was required.

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What we

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recognized was that we needed to modernize
modernize that approach.

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So we have put occupational therapy
more at the front door.

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So we can somebody now contacts
our local authority,

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asks for a Care Act assessment,

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but suggesting that
actually they may need,

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a package of care or an increase
in package of care, whereas previously

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that would automatically go straight
through to the social work hub.

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What happens now is that actually
assessment takes place, first of all.

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And what can happen then

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is that prevents
that invariable deconditioning.

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Once people are sat on waiting lists,

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it means that we can go in
and we can offer us an assessment.

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We can provide that proactive

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support, increase that kind of resilience,
and look at, ultimately

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the need for care and support,
which may not be a package of care.

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So by doing that and undertaking

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that journey
and for the practitioners to just

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stay with you, five
so you've got a little 30s 30s.

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Right?

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Basically, in a nutshell,
by working in this way.

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Thank you, Lisa.

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What we've done
is, the biggest demonstrate out of 531,

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referrals in the last year, we've had 500.

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One of those left the service
without any need for statutory

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care and support following occupational
therapy intervention, which is saving,

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cost avoidance
on packages of care of over a million.