Using these Procedures (Community Information Officer Service)

The Community Information Officer Service is part of Adults, Wellbeing and Health Partnerships Connect to Community function. It supports a model of social care that embeds local community resources and encourages behaviours which benefit the individual and enables the council to deliver services within the resources available.

The role aims to:

1. Reduce, delay and prevent people developing social care needs and for our involvement to be recognised;
2. Research and share what is available in the local community;
3. Support social care practitioners and residents to be able to connect into community opportunities;
4. Map and share insights into gaps and trends in community provision.

Community Information Officers will interact and work collaboratively with Connect to Community teams to share information and resources, and support practitioners to take a strengths-based approach to developing creative solutions for local people. They will provide training on local community assets and resources to social care practitioners and retain links with community networks to maintain knowledge of local support.

Communities and Prevention Coordinators should use the Universal and Specialist procedures in this site as required:

• Universal Procedures;
• Specialist Procedures.

Other processes and guidance can be found in the Surrey Local Resources area or outside of this site