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
BFT – Behavioural Family Therapy
BME – Black and Minority Ethnic
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
DAAT – Drug and Alcohol Action Team
DD – District Director (local authority post)
DDA – Disability Discrimination Act
DLA – Disability Living Allowance
DoH – Department of Health
EO – Equal Opportunities
FT – Foundation Trust (NHS)
FTE – Full Time Equivalent
GOWM – Government Office West Midlands
IC – Intermediate Care
IDAS – Integrated Drug and Alcohol Service
IIP – Investors in People
ICMHT – Integrated Community Mental Health Team
IS – Income Support
JCU – Joint Commissioning Unit
JSNA – Joint Service Needs Assessment
Keyworker – Person who has lead responsibility for working with a client
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
MH – Mental Health
MHW – Mental Health Worker
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
OPPB – Older Persons Partnership Board
OT – Occupational Therapist
OW – Outreach Worker
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
QA – Quality Assurance
R&D – Research & Development
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)
TGCY – Take Good Care of Yourself
TUPE – The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981
VCO – Voluntary or Community Organisation
VO – Volunteer Organiser
WTW – Welfare to Work
YC – Young Carer
Y&C – Youth & Community
YPD – Younger People with Dementia (under 65)
