HEALTH INCLUSION TEAM

he health inclusion team aims to support individuals who experience multiple overlapping risk factors for poor health (such as poverty and complex trauma), experience stigma and discrimination, and are not consistently accounted for in electronic records (such as healthcare databases). These experiences frequently lead to barriers in access to healthcare and extremely poor health outcomes.

This includes facilitating the integration of overseas arrivals into mainstream health services and address inequalities in health and wellbeing.

In addition, the health inclusion service is part of the local outreach team working in partnership with Barnsley Council’s housing service and the local substance misuse service (Waythrough Barnsley Recovery Steps), working directly on the streets to locate, engage with and support individuals that are rough sleeping.

The service also provides a weekly wound care drop-in clinic for individuals that are homeless, have been homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless. The clinic is run in collaboration with Waythrough’s Barnsley Recovery Steps service. At the clinic wounds are assessed with basic treatment and advice provided.

The team provides:

• Advice and guidance on utilising resources and services available in Barnsley that can help people from inclusion health groups
• Guidance on accessing health services appropriately
• New entrants screening clinics with direct referral pathways
• To support new entrant patients to become registered with their preferred choice of local GP practice
• Promotional education events on a local, regional and national level
• Health assessments for new entrant GP registrations with access to an interpretating service
• Advice and support on TB treatment, or the signs and symptoms of TB
• Contact tracing
• Extensive partnership working and community engagement
• Attend the multi-agency drop-in at Hope House and community events
• Welfare visits to gypsy/traveller roadside encampments
• Homelessness and rough sleeping outreach
• Delivery of a weekly homelessness and rough sleeping wound care drop-in clinic

Please contact us for more information.

Barnsley Safe Places

Barnsley Safe Places welcomes anyone over the age of 16 to join as a member. Anyone can feel unsafe or unsure whilst out and about if something goes wrong. The venues available in Barnsley have been trained to be welcoming and helpful to anyone and everyone. There are a variety of venues such as libraries and cafes so you can find a quiet place by yourself or get help. For more information about this venue, visit https://www.safeplaces.org.uk/member-schemes/barnsley/health-integration-team/