Towards supporting vulnerable people : a needs survey for the Borough of Poole supporting people partnership.

Abstract

How do we ensure that all those who are eligible to receive supporting people commissioned services, have access to such facilities and services? Indeed, on what basis should entitlement be made? How do we identify what services to fund and not fund? What groups need newly commissioned services, and how might these services be organised? These are some of the fundamental questions that the Borough of Poole Supporting People Partnership need to answer and, as such, they have represented some of the questions that we, as a team of researchers have had to consider. This report attempts to consider the level of ‘need’ that exists within the supporting people population of groups that might require assistance in living independent and fulfilling lives. As such it makes use of range of demographic, organisational and statistical data in attempting to identify the nature of different population groups.