Stephen Brown

Stephen is a social worker who has worked in the public sector for almost thirty years. He has worked in Glasgow and Ayrshire in a variety of roles including Chief Social Work Officer and Chief Officer. He is currently the Chief Officer for the Integration Joint Board.

Stephen has responsibility for a large variety of community health and care services formally delegated through the Orkney Integration Scheme which includes:

• Adoption and Fostering.
• Adult Placement Services.
• Adult Protection and Domestic Abuse.
• Aspects of Housing Support, including aids and adaptions.
• Assessments of Offenders.
• Care Home Services.
• Carers and Support Services.
• Child Care Assessment and Care Management.
• Child Protection.
• Clinical Psychology Services.
• Community Care Assessment teams.
• Community Learning Disabilities and Social Work services for Learning Disabilities and Physical Disabilities.
• Community Mental Health Services.
• Community Physiotherapy, Speech and Language, Dietetics and OT Services.
• Continence Services.
• Day Services.
• District Nursing.
• Diversions from Prosecution and Fiscal Work Orders.
• Early Intervention.
• Family Health Services Prescribing.
• General and Public Dental Services.
• Intermediate Care Team.
• Local Area Co-ordination.
• Looked After and Accommodated Children.
• Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements.
• Occupational Therapy and Re-ablement Services, Equipment and Telecare.
• Out of Hours GP service.
• Palliative Care Services.
• Pharmaceutical Services.
• Primary Medical Services.
• School Nursing Health Visitors.
• Services provided by health professionals that aim to promote public health.
• Services to Courts and Parole Board.
• Sexual and Reproductive Health excluding hospital obstetrics/gynaecology services.
• Social Work Services for adults and older people; Children and Young People; Criminal Justice.
• Special Needs/ Additional Support.
• Substance Misuse Services and Drug and Alcohol Services.
• Supervision of Offenders Subject to a Community Based order.
• Support Services.
• Through care and Supervision of released prisoners.
• Through Care Services
• Youth Justice Services

In addition to the resources that are mentioned above, there is also a requirement to jointly plan wider aspects of the local overall health service alongside NHS Orkney’s acute services which include:

• Accident and Emergency.
• Inpatient Hospital Services.
• Macmillan Palliative Care.
• Mental Health Service provide in a hospital.
• Ophthalmic Services.
• Resource Transfer, including Voluntary Services.