NHS ENGLAND, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES
Publisher:
NHS England
Publication year:
2016
Pagination:
34
Issued as part of the Transforming Care Programme, this guidance supports NHS and local authority commissioners to expand the housing options available for people with learning disabilities and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges. The guidance supplements ‘Building the right support' and the accompanying service model, to enable people with learning disabilities and/or autism to access the right home and support at the right time. The document covers the key housing principles in Transforming Care, to increase housing options and achieve reductions in inpatient capacity. It explains different models of settled accommodation through supported living and the provision short-term accommodation in the community. It then looks at developing the housing market for the Transforming Care, including negotiate with housing providers and agreeing key terms such as rent levels. It recommends Transforming Care Partnerships should consider producing a housing strategy, with a clear understanding of the types and volume of accommodation required Case studies are included to give examples of different housing approaches that could be applied to housing for people with a learning disability and/or autism with behaviour that challenges. Annexes also set out key housing principles designed by people with a learning disability and/or autism and their families and a list of useful resource.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Issued as part of the Transforming Care Programme, this guidance supports NHS and local authority commissioners to expand the housing options available for people with learning disabilities and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges. The guidance supplements ‘Building the right support' and the accompanying service model, to enable people with learning disabilities and/or autism to access the right home and support at the right time. The document covers the key housing principles in Transforming Care, to increase housing options and achieve reductions in inpatient capacity. It explains different models of settled accommodation through supported living and the provision short-term accommodation in the community. It then looks at developing the housing market for the Transforming Care, including negotiate with housing providers and agreeing key terms such as rent levels. It recommends Transforming Care Partnerships should consider producing a housing strategy, with a clear understanding of the types and volume of accommodation required Case studies are included to give examples of different housing approaches that could be applied to housing for people with a learning disability and/or autism with behaviour that challenges. Annexes also set out key housing principles designed by people with a learning disability and/or autism and their families and a list of useful resource.
(Edited publisher abstract)