Willow View Short-term Assessment Unit Coproduction Group

Overview

The Council and Riverside Housing are building a Short-Term Assessment Unit facility in Sandbrook Road, Ainsdale. This service will support:​

• People with a learning disability and / or autism who have complex care needs and / or behaviours that challenge.​
• Young people transitioning to adult services who have complex care needs and / or behaviours that challenge.​

• It is expected that more people will need this support in the future.​

 The short-term assessment unit is for: ​

• Individuals in difficult times (this could be for many different reasons)​
• When a person needs a more detailed assessment, they can stay in the accommodation. This gives us more time to understand them and their needs.
• Placement - Where they live is no longer suitable.​
• When staying in the unit they will be part of an assessment of their needs so we ‘get it right first time’ when they return to the community. We can then plan and prepare the right move for them, with the right support and suitable housing.​

Willow View Coproduction Group.

The Coproduction Group includes:

• Staff who work for Sefton Council Adult Social Care.
• Consultation and Engagement Officers, who support the group.
• Service users and carers who have lived experience.
• People First Merseyside.
• MerseyCare.

Below is some information about what the group have been involved in. There is more information on Council website.

What has the group done so far?​

​The group so far have helped to design the:​

• interior of the building (for example, furnishings and lighting).​
• sensory room by taking part in research with Liverpool Hope University.​
• outdoor and shared spaces of the building.​
• name of the Assessment Unit.

They have also started to look at what the care and support should be for people staying at the short-term assessment unit and attended the 'Spade in the Ground' Launch event.

What is the group going to be working on next?​

​The next activity for the coproduction group will be:​

• ​Continuing with how the care and support should be provided.​
• Designing the sensory room based on the research.​
• Meeting the potential care and support providers and taking part in the process of agreeing who should provide the care and support.​
• Agreeing ways of monitoring the care and support provided.

Why your views matter

We would like people with lived experience and their carers to help us develop the Short Term Assessment Unit and the care and support service.

How to get involved.?

The meetings of the coproduction group take place every three months. They are held at Bootle Town Hall, but we have the option for people to attend on ZOOM. If you want to take part but cannot attend a meeting, you can also send comments and feedback in by email.