Enablement
CERT - Community Enablement & Reablement Team
Who are we?
We are a new pilot service in North West
Leicestershire. We will be working with people
referred into Adults & Communities who need support
to find meaningful day time activity
The Department of Health states that
enablement / Reablement provides:
(2007)
‘Services for people with poor physical or mental
health to help them accommodate their illness by
learning or relearning skills necessary for daily
living’
(2010)
‘Reablement services help people to regain
independence after a crisis and can have a
significant positive impact on people’s quality of
life’
Evidence suggests that people who are able to
access reablement provision at an earlier stage in
their illness or disability are more likely to reduce,
delay or eliminate their need for longer term
support from social care and health services
Early intervention services should support people
who are living in the community to improve or
maintain their independence through easy access
to appropriate and timely skilled support, and a
better knowledge of the wider support available
So what is Enablement?

Enablement is intensive short term support that
aims to encourage and assist people to lead as
independent and fulfilling a life as they can, in
the way that they choose

Enablement is about supporting people to learn
or re-learn important skills for everyday life

It supports people to achieve their optimum level
of independence with the lowest appropriate
level of support
Good support services……

Are individualised and person centred

Are about people, not buildings

Treat family and carers as experts

Create and offer real choices

Are cost effective, imaginative and
flexible
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Support families
Good support services……

Provide advocacy

Predict need for future support

Use assistive technology

Promote independence and social
inclusion

Improve people’s quality of life,
confidence, self esteem and enable
personal development

Enable people to fulfil their potential
Our Aims 
To empower people and enable them to
remain in their own homes and
communities by supporting and promoting
their independence

To improve health and well being, reduce
the need for ongoing longer term support
and enable individuals to become active
and valued members of their own
communities
More Aims

To support individual ability, concentrating on
skills and the things that people can do

To enable people to gain the skills and build the
confidence they need to do the things they want
to do

To look for alternatives to traditional day care
services, meeting people’s wants and needs in a
person centred way

To work with carers and universal services,
building on community based support to create
opportunity and meet people’s outcomes
Outcomes

To maximise independence, choice &
control for all users of Adults &
Communities
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To minimise and delay the need for long
term social care support

To reduce isolation and increase self
esteem

To build stronger communities
The story so
far……….
Number of Referrals by Age Range
25
25
20
Number of 15
referrals 10
5
19 and under
6
20-65
0
65+
0
19 and
under
20-65
Age
65+
Number of Referrals by Disability
1
Disability
Sensory
24
OP/Frail
Sensory
PD
1
OP/Frail
MH
1
PD
MH
4
LD
LD
0
5
10
15
Number of Referrals
20
25
Number of Referrals by Original Request
Various activities
Social Inclusion
1
1
3
3
1
3
0
Access to the
Community
Day Service
Access to Lunch Club
Transport Services
19
Assessment
Other
Any Questions?