February 2021

ACTION

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WELCOME AND APOLOGIES

Apologies were received from Kate Pawlowska, Mark Peplow, Ellie Walsh and Lynsey Ford.

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QUORUM AND DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

The Chair noted that as no Elected Staff Member Representatives were in attendance the meeting was not quorate. Therefore, any decisions would need to be ratified at the March meeting.

The Chair invited members to declare any interests conflicting with agenda items to be discussed at the meeting.

No declarations were made.

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NOTES FROM THE MEETING OF 3^RD DECEMBER 2020

Approval of Notes – The notes of the December meeting were agreed as a true and accurate reflection.

John to liaise with Jo Keen regards CMHT using the garden centre.

The 3D brackets to ease service user anxiety when wearing masks have been delivered to the relevant areas.

JT

ACTION

NAViGO to promote what is available for young people, to raise awareness despite not being actively involved. Kristina to strengthen the links on the website.

Media campaign to promote support for teachers and other key workers via the 24/7 helpline to be developed. John to provide details of contact at the National Union of Education, and to be included in the work.

The Mental Health Emergency Response Vehicle (MHERV) won the Project of the Year by a large margin. This will be a joint project with East Midland Ambulance Service. The project may be altered due to changes around section 136. Courtney agreed to be involved with the project, Nicola to forward meeting invitation.

KP

JT

NC

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MONTHLY COVID 19 UPDATE

North East Lincolnshire rates are currently very low.

Staff continue to submit their lateral flow test results twice per week.

NAViGO did not gain approval as a vaccination site, and are liaising with other sites to ensure that staff have access to the vaccine. 78% of front-line staff have received their 1^st vaccine.

An anonymous survey has been sent to all staff asking for any concerns or reservations regarding the vaccine. Peter Cowling will be invited to attend a second session specifically to respond to the queries raised.  

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“IN THE SPOTLIGHT” COMMUNITY MH DEVELOPMENTS LINKED TO PCN’S

Anna Morgan shared a presentation.

Three Primary Care Networks were formed across North East Lincolnshire in April 2019. These offer direct access to specialised advice and have formed a route for access to adult and older people’s services.

Funding has been granted for NAViGO to undertake Serious Mental Illness (SMI) health checks to support the practices.

Good relationships have been formed with PCN’s, and MDT’s take place regularly.

Due to the removal of thresholds and complex referral processes now able to work as one team.

Feedback for NAViGO has been positive, and they have utilised this opportunity to enhance the Service User experience by removing duplication and improving efficiency.   

A steering group and project group have been formed to look at how t progress.  

Anna to send presentation for Nicola to distribute to attendees.

AM

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MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS

Paper provided showed 2 applications have been received, and additional late application was also discussed.

All members of the board agreed that all applications were approved. 

Staff Members 495

Community Members 264

ACTION

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COMMUNITY AND STAFF REPRESENTATIVE UPDATE

Yasmin Salt has stepped down from her roles as Non Executive Director and Community representative. The next person in line Craig Champion has confirmed that he is happy to fulfil the rest of the term to September 2021.

A discussion will take place next week regarding the future of the role of the Non Executive Director. All attendees acknowledged Yasmin’s hard work and contribution. And formal thanks will be sent.

All In The Mind Awards nominations have been submitted.

A presentation on soft cuffs was provided to Your voice, all members were in favour.

Communicating with community members is to be the focus at the next reps meeting.

Amy and Courtney are communicating with the We Are One Foundation regarding white goods. It was confirmed that there may be storage space at the new PPE warehouse.

A “Library of things” is being looked into where members are able to borrow a range of items for a period of time, with a small donation.

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CARERS UPDATE

Around 60 carers per month are being contacted and offered support.

Jenny Briggs has recently retired, and her hard work was acknowledged.  

Kelly to progress the Carers choir when she returns to work.

Amy to request Mike liaises with the Assistant/Associate directors to ensure that carers are being identified and supported across all services.  

KM

AQ

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COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING AND ENGAGEMENT

Engagement

Nexus and EIT have rolled the resilience presentation out to some academies and aim to visit them all.  

Staff at Franklin college are being trained to deliver Bloom training.

The resilience lab will be delivered to families of NAViGO staff over half term.

Amy requested NAViGO sponsor a prize the NELC Creative content competition for under 25’s. This was approved by attendees.

Amy has been attending team meetings to discuss objectives. To liaise with Mike regarding services who have not submitted a response.  

Communications and Marketing

“How are you?” leaflet should be received via post this week. Any comments on this to be passed to comms to share.

“Walk to the Pole” proved popular with staff, and Courtney was thanked for her assistance.

AQ

ACTION

NAViGO are providing the 24/7 helpline for RDASH, and as such are promoting the service.

In December a paid advertising campaign ran on Facebook costing £250. Posts were viewed 267k times, and reached 50k new accounts in North East Lincolnshire. It has raised awareness of the brand, rather than people calling directly via the advert. It was more successful off peak.

HCV resilience hub for key workers and NHS staff are hoping to launch another website working with over 30 trusts. Kristina to share the link once this goes live.

An events and activities calendar is being collated and will be brought to the March meeting.

Support worker videos are being developed to show people’s journey into NAViGO and will be shared on social media in order to aid recruitment.

KP

KP

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POLICIES

10.1 Health and Safety Policy

The policy was approved.  

10.2 Social Value Policy

Will be reviewed again once the green plan is finalised.

The policy was approved.

10.3 SPA 24/7 Operational Policy

The policy was approved.

All policies were approved subject to ratification that the March meeting.

Regards infection control it was confirmed that existing air conditioning units need reviewing to ensure they comply with current advice to not recirculate air.

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QUARTERLY UPDATES

11.1 Finance

As a community interest company NAViGO have been asked to receive transformation money from foundation trust and protect it. There will be year end adjustments required to display that this is not a surplus.   

NAViGO were instructed to identify £120k per year of savings from social care funding. Community representatives played an active role, and it was decided to only deliver accredited training for horticulture and to cease using Floral Hall.  

Scrutiny committee papers are in the public domain, therefore staff have been notified but the decision will be made by the local authority shortly.

ACTION

As we are able to re-provide in whole or in the majority by another provision it was identified that this decision would have less of an impact than any other cost saving.

Horticulture service can be provided at the Garden Centre, and training and education will be provided alongside Lincoln college. The date is yet to be decided.

Lincoln college is not exclusive, connections have also been made with Grimsby and Hull.  

11.2 Carers Dashboard

Not currently available, will be brought to a future meeting.

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IPS UPDATE

Funding has been secured to continue the IPS service.

They have been successful at getting people into employment throughout pandemic. A meeting is being arranged with the CMHT managers to suggest a future model of people being identified as soon as a care co-ordinator is assigned so that IPS can be proactive at that point.  

Volunteers are requested for Employability champions in each service area. Mike to request service leads identify people.

Kickstart – NAViGO have the largest employer commitment within North East Lincolnshire. These are fully funded 6 month job opportunities for 16-24 year olds.  

Amy to link with Richard Watson, Janine Smith and Lisa Heys regarding pathways into employment and volunteers.

MR

AQ

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LIVED EXPERIENCE “PERSONALITY DISORDER”

NAViGO successfully applied for funding for the position of lived experience with personality disorder for 12 months. They will deliver an existing training package to staff and work with them to develop an understanding those individuals.

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ANY OTHER BUSINESS

No other business was discussed.

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DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING

Thursday 1^st April 2021, 9.30am via zoom.

Please forward apologies to nicola.carroll5@nhs.net

Papers for the meeting

Papers can be obtained from Nicola Carroll.