Healthy Denbighshire - Health, Social Care and Wellbeing

Active Workplace Co-ordinator	Appointed to encourage staff to become more active, leading to a healthy workforce
Advocacy	The act of arguing on behalf of a particular issue, idea or person or supporting someone to make their voice heard
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)	The ASIST training has been developed and continually refined, by "Livingworks Inc." over the last 20 years, in order to help ordinary people to feel more comfortable, confident and competent, to recognise a person at risk of suicide and to provide a suicide "first aid" that will save their life. ASIST can teach anyone to have the courage and the confidence to recognise a person with suicidal thoughts and intentions and to intervene.
BTEC Award	The Business & Technician Education Council (BTEC) are equivalent to other qualifications such as the GCSE and the A Level but a particular difference is that they tend to be based on practical work or coursework rather than timed examinations.
CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services)	This service is for families with a child or young person who has psychological, emotional or behavioural problems. They can offer help to families, young people, parents, foster carers, and adopters. They employ specialist workers in the CAMHS team and refer children and families who need this kind of help.
Carers	Carers are people who look after family members or friends who need care, help or support. Carers can be adults caring for other adults, parents caring for ill or disabled children, or young carers who care for another family member.
Carers Strategy	The strategy focuses on how Carers in the County should be supported and making sure that services are improved and developed to meet their needs.
Chronic Illness	Long-term or permanent illness for which there is no known cure, that often results in some type of disability and which may require a person to seek help with various activities
Common Assessment Framework	Facilitates early intervention opportunities and minimises escalation to a Social Services referral.
Communities First	Communities First provides opportunities for people living in areas termed to be disadvantaged, and the agencies that deliver services in those communities, to examine the realities of poverty and to learn and work together to address it.
Community Equipment Services Integration (CESI)	Provide equipment that help meet people’s needs and helps to alleviate risk and promote independence
Community Safety Partnership	The Community Safety Partnership must conduct an annual assessment of crime, disorder, anti social behaviour and other behaviour adversely affecting the environment, working with partners (Police, Police Authority, Fire & Local Health Board). Community Safety in Denbighshire is delivered through four main meeting regimes: Substance Misuse, Domestic Violence, Anti Social Behaviour and the Joint Action Group (Crime and the fear of Crime). Youth offending is tackled by the Conwy and Denbighshire Youth Justice Service - a service which is supported by Denbighshire’s Community Safety Partnership.
Community Services Framework	Denbighshire Local Health Board in partnership with the Public, Denbighshire County Council, Conwy and Denbighshire NHS Trust and the Voluntary Sector, are required to produce a long term plan for the development of health and social care services known as the Community Services Framework. This Framework will provide a platform for solid and substantial progress in order to bring about sustainable, high quality, safe and accessible services for the people of Denbighshire.
‘Cook & Eat’ Sessions	‘Cook & Eat’ workshops in Youth Clubs developed by the Nutrition & Cookery skills worker aimed to change behaviour in relation to food habits. Support is given to the young people to learn new cooking skills, and to give them the confidence to prepare for themselves simple well balanced meals on a budget. The workshops will lead to OCN Accreditation in Nutrition and Healthy Eating young people will be able to train young people in other youth clubs.
Corporate Health Standard Award	The Corporate Health Standard is a mark of quality for health and wellbeing in the workplace. The Corporate Health Standard is a continuous journey of good practice and improvement, and it can be used as a tool to support the development of policies that promote the health and wellbeing of employees. The Corporate Health Standard is awarded at four different levels – Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The award begins at bronze which recognises organisations that have activities and polices in place that comply with legislation and addresses the key risks to employee health. The award builds up to a platinum level which is reserved for exemplar employers demonstrating business excellence, who take full account of their corporate social responsibility
DangerPoint	DangerPoint is a dedicated centre providing hands-on safety education specifically for children and young people
DECS (Delivering Emergency Care Services)	Sets out the context and direction for the future delivery of unscheduled care services in Wales
Demographic Profile	A social statistic of a human population, as the number of births or deaths
Dewi Sant Centre	Canolfan Dewi Sant Centre is a one-stop shop and day centre, providing statutory and voluntary sector support, advice and guidance to people who are socially excluded, marginalised and vulnerable with a view to promoting, encouraging and assisting their access to appropriate services and resources in order to achieve life changing opportunities.
Diabetes	A disorder caused by the failure of the body to control the amount of sugar in the blood. If left untreated, diabetes can severely damage organs in the body.
Direct Payments	Direct Payments are cash payments from Social Services to help you pay for services that the child has been assessed as needing. Parents and carers can decide how the money needs of the child will be met, by whom, and at a time that best suits the need of the child.
Disability Integration Project	To ensure that optimum services for people with learning disabilities across all age groups are delivered by closer integration of services across Children and Adult services
Environment Agency Wales	It is an Assembly Government Sponsored Body (AGSB), while also being part of the corporate Environment Agency for England and Wales. They have wide responsibilities for managing the environment: Acting as a champion for the environment; Reducing pollution and enforcing pollution legislation; Overseeing the management of waste, water resources and freshwater fisheries; Reducing the harm caused by flooding; Influencing others to achieve positive environmental outcomes by changing attitudes and behaviour
European Objective One Grant	The EU Structural Funds exist to help areas of Europe which, for one reason or another are suffering difficulties. The funds are intended to be used to help sponsor projects which will directly address locally identified needs. Under these Structural Funds there are 3 Objectives. Objective One is to promote the development and structural adjustment of regions whose development is lagging behind.
First Contact Team	They provide a confidential service for any individual who needs support, has concerns about child protection or the protection of vulnerable adults, advice and information for carers, and responses to all other general enquiries about social services.
Footloose: Walking the Way to Health	Initiative designed to improve health and fitness by joining a series of walks in the Rhyl and Denbigh areas, organised by Denbighshire's Countryside Service.
Handyperson Scheme	Undertaking small do-it-yourself type jobs in and around the homes of older people
Health Challenge Denbighshire	Health Challenge Wales provides a new and inclusive national focus to secure greater ownership, commitment and action for ‘better health’ as part of a co-ordinated and sustained effort to improve levels of health in Wales and to achieve the national targets that have been set for 2012. Health Challenge Denbighshire is a challenge to you as the individual to do what you can to improve your own health and the health of your family, and to local businesses to promote and improve the health of their employees and customers
Health Protection Team	Services are provided by Consultants in Communicable Disease Control (CCDC) and their teams. They offer a wide range of services including: Advice and support on community disease control issues Communicable disease management and control, including investigation of single cases and outbreaks Advice and support for infection control in healthcare premises, residential homes and community nursing facilities Proper Officer function for port health and medical examinations under the Immigration Act, 1971 Strategic on public protection issues Strategic co-ordination of vaccination and immunisation programmes Work on HIV and sexual health Investigation of clusters of disease of unknown origin Contributions to policy development Public health input into suspected deliberate release incidents including chemical, biological and radiological agents.
Healthy Schools Scheme	A long-term initiative which is making a significant difference to the health and achievement of children and young people. It supports the links between health, behaviour and achievement; it is about creating healthy and happy children and young people, who do better in learning and in life.
Heather and Hillforts Landscape Partnership Scheme	The Heather and Hillforts Landscape Partnership Scheme hopes to improve understanding, increase awareness and accessibility, and influence the future management of the special historic and natural heritage of the Clwydian Range and Llantysilio Mountain. The aim is to provide a strategic approach to restore and maintain the historic and natural heritage of the uplands as a sustainable landscape. This will be done through the conservation and restoration of the heritage of the hillforts and heather moorland; reconnecting people to and increasing their enjoyment of the heritage of the uplands, through education, interpretation, events and audience development initiatives; increasing our understanding of the hillfort and moorland heritage which will provide the basis for future management, restoration and interpretation projects.
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes AIDS. It is passed from one person to the other through infected blood and body fluids. It attacks the human immune system and makes the body susceptible to a range of infections and cancers.
Houseproud Scheme	Houseproud helps homeowners or leaseholders aged 60 or over – or homeowners of any age who are disabled or have a disabled person living with them – to carry out and fund major work on their homes. Assistance under the Houseproud scheme can range from giving practical help and advice on repairs, improvements and adaptations, help with planning the work, sourcing of reliable trades people and checking of completed work, to advising on and providing finance, including no-risk equity release loans. The kind of work covered by Houseproud can include anything from a new bathroom to a new roof, from installing central heating to installing a stair lift.
Impairment	Any loss or abnormality of body structure or function
‘In Safe Hands’ guidelines	The ‘In Safe Hands’ guidance on the protection of Vulnerable Adults calls on local authorities in Wales to monitor allegations of adult abuse.
Inequalities in Health	Address inequalities in health and the factors that contribute to it including inequalities in access to services.
Integrated Children’s Centres	Integrated Children's Centres (ICC's) are based on the concept that providing integrated education, care, family support and health services is a key factor in determining good outcomes for children and their parents, ensuring the best start in life. Children's Centres are about building what's already good and aiming to make it even better by ensuring all the agencies and organisations involved in delivering services are working in a joined-up way and keeping the child's needs central at all times.
Intermediate Care	Intermediate Care is a range of health and social care services that provide people with opportunity for recovery and deliver active therapy or treatment Intermediate care services aim to prevent hospital admission or admission to a care home where it is avoidable, facilitate discharge from hospital or a care home where it is safe to do so, and promote and improve an individual’s independence where there is potential and willingness At one end of the scale, intermediate care services may respond to urgent or acute situations which require immediate assessment by skilled professionals and access to specialised services provided by Health and Social Care Professionals. At the other end of the scale voluntary sector groups may provide advice and support to prevent social isolation or poor housing conditions, both of which can have a detrimental effect on a person’s health.
Intermediate Care Crisis Response Service	This service is for people who have experienced a change in their physical or mental well-being or a temporary change in their social situation which makes it difficult to carry on without a short period of intervention from perhaps a nurse, physiotherapist, occupational therapist or social worker. The team is supported by assistants and support workers on a limited, short-term basis (from 1-2 days up to 2 weeks) to reduce/address the critical need and reduce the immediate risk. When the critical element is addressed, the individual can then be referred to other services as appropriate.
Intermediate Care Development Plan	In Denbighshire new services are being created and existing services are being changed to come under the umbrella of intermediate care. These services will assist in moving service provision into the community, closer to home, and away from bed based care, where possible.
Job Finding Service	The Job Finding Service acts as an independent contact between their client companies and the candidates they recruit for a position.
Joint Working Grant	Increased Flexibilities encourage joint working between health and local government and also allows partners to ‘Pool Funds’ and hand over roles and responsibilities through ‘Lead Commissioning’ and ‘Integrated Provision’. The Welsh Assembly Government designed the Joint Working Grant to provide support to local authorities when setting up partnerships with health. The Grant may be used to develop joint services for client groups, including elderly people, children, carers and people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and physical/sensory disabilities.
Key Ring Project	A network providing support to vulnerable adults in Denbighshire, some of which have learning disabilities
Keysafe	Keysafe is a coded weather-proof box designed to keep keys safe
Learning Disabilities	Disorders that affect people's capacity to either interpret what they see and hear or to link information from different parts of the brain. These limitations are portrayed by difficulty in reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Local Development Plan (LDP)	Denbighshire County Council is preparing the Local Development Plan (LDP) which will replace the current adopted Unitary Development Plan. Denbighshire County Council is the Local Planning Authority (LPA) for the whole of Denbighshire, and is therefore responsible for both Development Plan and Development Control matters. The Council has a statutory duty to prepare and keep up to date the Development Plan for its area. The planning system regulates the development and use of land in the public interest. It should reconcile the needs of development and conservation, and secure economy, efficiency and amenity in the use of land, and protect natural resources thereby contributing to sustainable development.
Local Implementation Plan	Implemented to continue NHS health care
Mental Capacity Act	Provides a statutory framework to empower and protect vulnerable people who are not able to make their own decisions. It makes it clear who can take decisions, in which situations, and how they should go about this. It enables people to plan ahead for a time when they may lose capacity
Mental Capacity Advocate	Help vulnerable people who lack capacity who are facing important decisions made by the NHS and Local Authorities about serious medical treatment and changes of residence - for example, moving to a hospital or care home.
Mental Health problems	Mental health problems cover a wide range of issues, from distress to depression and loss of touch with reality, and may interfere with the ability to cope on a day to day basis.
Mental Health Services	Specialised services that are specifically designed for tackling mental health problems and the promotion of mental health.
Moving and Handling	Moving and Handling courses designed for all carers who need to lift/handle people, teach them how to move people safely, so that moving and handling risks are reduced to the lowest level. Moving and handling incorporates risk assessment, principles of handling people in a care environment, assisting mobility, assisting people in chairs and beds, and the use of handling aids.
Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC)	The aims of the MARAC for high risk cases of domestic abuse are: To share information to increase the safety, health and well being of victims, adults and their children: To determine whether the perpetrator poses a significant risk to any particular individual or to the general community: To jointly construct and implement a risk management plan that provides professional support to all those at risk and that reduces the risk of harm; To reduce repeat victimisation; To improve agency accountability and; Improve support for staff involved in high risk domestic abuse cases
Musculoskeletal conditions	Conditions affecting the bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments, for example, scoliosis
National Services Framework	National service frameworks (NSF’s) are long term strategies for improving specific areas of care. They set national standards, identify key interventions and put in place agreed time scales for implementation
Needs Assessment	A formal process of identifying problems and assessing the community’s capacity to address health and social service needs. It is the first step in a community health improvement process
Night Rider pilot scheme	A low cost door to door evening transport service piloted and funded by Denbighshire’s Older People’s Strategy, and run by volunteers who are fully CRB Cleared and trained to a high standard.
No Cold Calling Project	The project is to prevent door to door bogus con men selling products to vulnerable people. This project is in conjunction with the Community Partnership, Police, Stars and Trading Standards.
North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm	North Hoyle is the UK’s first major offshore wind farm and represents a major milestone in the UK’s drive towards cleaner sources of power.
North Wales Racial Equality Network (NWREN)	North Wales Race Equality Network exists to challenge racial discrimination in every form, as experienced by Black and Minority Ethnic people; to promote racial harmony between individuals and communities in the North of Wales; and to work towards equality of opportunity.
Nutrition in Youth Clubs Project	Targeting young people in collaboration with Rhyl Football Club whose players have become health and fitness role models for young people. The Service is also concerned with young people's personal and social development, their education, their health, their empowerment and their access to information and resources that will enable them to move from dependence to independence. The Service works in accordance with the curriculum strategy for Wales, the Extending Entitlement agenda and the ESTYN quality assurance framework in order to provide the most comprehensive and effective service possible to meet the needs of Denbighshire's Young People.
Older People’s Strategy	This strategy seeks to provide a long range perspective on jointly commissioned health and social care services for older people to ensure that older people living in Denbighshire receive quality services that meets their needs and which deliver outcomes that are equitable, safe and sustainable. The vision underlying the Strategy is to promote a positive and empowering image of ageing and a move towards models of health and social care that address the ‘whole’ needs of each individual
Physical Impairment	A physical impairment is a condition affecting the body, perhaps through sight or hearing loss, a mobility difficulty or a health condition.
Protection of Vulnerable Adult (POVA)	The Protection of Vulnerable Adults - POVA - scheme will act as a workforce ban on those professionals who have harmed vulnerable adults in their care. It will add an extra layer of protection to the pre-employment processes, including Criminal Records Bureau checks, which already take place and stop known abusers from entering the care workforce.
Regeneration	To restore to a better state
Registered Social Landlords	Registered Social Landlords are independent housing organisations registered with the Housing Corporation under the Housing Act 1996. They are non-profit making bodies run by voluntary committees who provide rented accommodation at an affordable cost for those in housing need. Some also provide homes for sale through special schemes to help people on lower incomes become homeowners.
Rheumatoid Arthritis	A disease where the body's immune system attacks the joints, causing hot, painful swelling and deformity
Rhyl Cities Strategy	Brings together a range of partner organisations in order to tackle unemployment within Rhyl. It forms part of the UK Governments ‘City Strategy’ programme, which aims to bring down rates of unemployment within targeted areas.
Rhyl Leisure Passes Scheme	Free & subsidised access to leisure in Rhyl administered through Resident Associations including free swimming at Rhyl Leisure Centre, use of Leisure Service facilities, and two-for-one in Clwyd Leisure facilities.
Rough-sleeper count	Rough sleeping counts are conducted by local authorities in partnership with local homeless agencies. Street counts provide a useful snap shot of the number of people sleeping rough in a given geographical area on a single night, and provide useful knowledge as to the reasons why they are having to sleep rough.
Safer Homes Initiative	Funded by the Community Safety Partnership and the Home Office, Safer Homes is a new service for victims of domestic abuse. It aims to reduce levels of domestic abuse and lower the fear of repeat victimisation by offering a sympathetic and confidential service. The initiative is set to provide free door locks, window locks, personal attack alarms and other safety devices, as well as crime prevention advice and information.
Social Inclusion	When an individual can participate in any of the key economic, social and political activities, in the society in which they live.
Supporting People Strategy	This document aims to outline the vision and direction of change for services funded by Supporting People in Denbighshire over the next three years. The direction of the strategy is towards a more ‘strategic commissioning approach’ to the planning and funding of housing and tenancy support services in future. This means ensuring service provision is identified as a priority, produces positive outcomes and has clearly defined links to key overarching strategic plans and National Service Frameworks.
Supporting People Team	Provide a wide range of housing based support and maximise services for vulnerable people
Telecare	Telecare describes any service that brings health and social care directly to a user in their home, supported by information and communication technology. Telecare covers a wide range of equipment (detectors, monitors, alarms, pendants etc) and services (assessment, installation, monitoring, call centres and response).
Transition	The act of passing from one state or place to the next.
Welfare Rights Services	Welfare rights services help you find information, advice or help about social security benefits, pensions and tax credits; housing rights; employment rights; personal debt; saving energy; and contacting relevant community services such as home help
Whistle Blowing	Blowing the whistle is when you tell your employer about a dangerous or illegal activity that you have come across through your work. Whistle blowing can relate to a variety of situations: health and safety risks; potential environmental problems; fraud; corruption; deficiencies in the care of vulnerable people; cover-ups; and other problems. The Whistle blowing Policy is not for employees to raise concerns about their own situation or for the public to make complaints.