GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS 

Abbreviation

Description

A

AA

Attendance Allowance

ACL

Adult and Community Learning

ACPC

Area Child Protection Committee (Multi-agency group which develops and monitors child protection procedures/policy.)

ASIST

Advocacy Services in Staffordshire

ASW

Approved Social Worker

B

BFT

Behavioural Family Therapy

BME

Black and Minority Ethnic

C

CA

Carers Allowance (Carers Benefit) or Carers Assessment

CAB

Citizens Advice Bureau or

Carers Advisory Board (Carers Committee at CASS)

CASS

Carers Association Southern Staffordshire

CAW

Carers Assessment Worker (mental health)

CBF

Carers Breaks Fund

CC

County Commissioner (local authority post)

CCETSW

Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work

CCA

Community Care Assessment

CDW

Community Development Worker

CiN

Children in Need

CLLP

Carers Learning and Leisure Project (CASS)

CPA

Care Programme Approach

CPN

Community Psychiatric Nurse

CQC

Care Quality Commission (Regulate, inspect and review all adult social care services in the public, private and voluntary sectors in England

CRB

Criminal Records Bureau

CSW

Carers Support Worker

CVS

Council for Voluntary Service

D

DAAT

Drug and Alcohol Action Team

DD

District Director (local authority post)

DDA

Disability Discrimination Act

DLA

Disability Living Allowance

DoH

Department of Health

E

EO

Equal Opportunities

F

FT

Foundation Trust (NHS)

FTE

Full Time Equivalent

G

GOWM

Government Office West Midlands

H

I

IC

Intermediate Care

IDAS

Integrated Drug and Alcohol Service

IIP

Investors in People

ICMHT

Integrated Community Mental Health Team

IS

Income Support

J

JCU

Joint Commissioning Unit

JSNA

Joint Service Needs Assessment

K

Keyworker

Person who has lead responsibility for working with a client

L

LA

Local Authority

LAA

Local Area Agreement

LD

Learning Disability

LDPB

Learning Disability Partnership Board

LDG

Local Development Group

LINk

Local Involvement Network

LSC

Learning and Skills Councils (Responsible for funding and planning education and training for over 16-year-olds in England.)

LSP

Local Strategic Partnership

M

MH

Mental Health

MHW

Mental Health Worker

N

NICE

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

NIMHE

National Institute Mental Health England

NSCA

North Staffs Carers Association

NSF

National Service Frameworks

NVQs

National Vocational Qualifications

O

OPPB

Older Persons Partnership Board

OT

Occupational Therapist

OW

Outreach Worker

P

PALS

Patient Advice & Liaison Service

PB

Partnership Board

PBC

Practice Based Commissioners

PCT

Primary Care Trust

PD

Physical Disability

PDSS

Post Diagnosis Support Service

PEC

Professional Executive Committee

PHCT

Primary Health Care Team

PIs

Performance Indicators measure how a service is doing

PPI

Patient and Public Involvement (in Health)

PQASSO

Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations

PRTC

Princess Royal Trust for Carers

Q

QA

Quality Assurance

R

R&D

Research & Development

S

SAMHPB

Staffordshire Adult Mental Health Partnership Board

SCC

Staffordshire County Council

SC&H

Social Care and Health (formerly Social Services)

SCIE

Social Care Institute for Excellence

SCIO

Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Consortium of Infrastructure Organisations

SD

Sensory Disability

SDVS

Stafford District Voluntary Services

SEN

Special Educational Needs

SLA

Service Level Agreement

SMT

Senior Management Team

SS&SFT

South Staffordshire and Shropshire Foundation Trust

STAR

Support Time and Recovery Workers

Statement

Assessment Decision of Special Educational Needs Status

SU

Service User

SW

Social Worker

SWSPCT

South West Staffs Primary Care Trust (NHS)

T

TGCY

Take Good Care of Yourself

TUPE

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981

U

V

VCO

Voluntary or Community Organisation

VO

Volunteer Organiser

W

WTW

Welfare to Work

Y

YC

Young Carer

Y&C

Youth & Community

YPD

Younger People with Dementia (under 65)