Two joint service centres (JSC) in Chapeltown and Harehills provide facilities primarily for face-to-face services, including services provided by the local authority, NHS Leeds and other partners.
The JSCs have been procured via the Leeds local improvement finance trust (LIFT) in which we are a strategic partner with the Leeds Primary Care Trust.
Our services delivered from the centres include
- Customer services, including housing, social services, benefits, Council tax and a hate incident reporting centre (Chapeltown and Harehills)
- Health and Environmental Action Services (Chapeltown)
- Community library (Chapeltown and Harehills)
- Leeds City Credit Union (Chapeltown and Harehills)
- North East Area Management Team office (Chapeltown)
- Hot desk provision for social services (Chapeltown)
- Job shops (Chapeltown and Harehills)
- ‘HUB’ service provided jointly with NHS Leeds (Chapeltown)
- Chinese Advisory Service (Harehills)
- Customer Service Welfare Rights Units (Harehills)
- Central Interpreting and Translation Unit (Harehills)
The JSCs provide an integrated approach to the delivery of local public services with a range of local health services being provided at Chapeltown including
- GP services
- Dental service
- Primary Care Mental Health
- Community Midwifery Service
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Heart Failure and Diabetic Service.
The Harehills centre will also be supported by NHS Leeds Community Mental Health services.
The Chapeltown Joint Service Centres opened in 2010.
The contracts are for 25 years.
Watch the video of the grand opening of The Crompton Centre