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Case studies about improving support for people with a learning disability and autistic people
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource brings together case studies relating to people with a learning disability and autistic people. The case studies come from the Care and Health Improvement Programme's new Supporting adults with a learning disability to have better lives outcomes and improvement framework. (Edited publisher abstract)
A strategic assessment of the accommodation with support needs for people with a learning disability, autism and mental health conditions 2020-2030
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- London
Building the Right Home and the National Service Model state that people should have choice about where they live and who they live with. It is critical that people have the right accommodation to meet their needs to ensure sustainable housing solutions. This means that we have to have a personalised response to accommodation, which will require us to fully understand a person’s individual needs and then seek to meet those needs in the best possible way. The project set out to provide the evidence for accommodation needs in line with the principles that people with learning disabilities and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges, including those with a mental health condition should be supported to live in their own homes in the community with the right support, in a home of their choice, where they feel happy and safe. To assess the accommodation needs case management data was analysed along with interviews with practitioners while those with lived experience took part in designing and completing a survey. The project identified that some existing placements for all cohorts could move to supported living. The 10-year projections across the ICS, taking re-lets into account show a need for 663 units of accommodation with support for those with learning disabilities and autism, while the need for those with severe mental health needs is 653 accommodation units. (Edited publisher abstract)
Housing for people with a learning disability or autistic people
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
Brings together a range of resources to help councils transform the local housing offer for people with a learning disability or autistic people. Housing arrangements for people with a learning disability and autistic people have come a long way since the 1960s, when people were housed in institutions that kept them apart from the rest of society. This is a result of national government and local authorities working together with people with a learning disability and their families to move towards a system founded on the principle of choice and control, personalised services and independent living. (Edited publisher abstract)
Learning disability and autism finance briefing
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing outlines the work which continues to take place to ensure that there is a clear and agreed financial model underpinning the mutual objectives of ensuring a reduced reliance on inpatient care for people with a learning disability, autism or both – through investment in community alternatives to hospital care. This note has been written with local authorities in mind but will also be relevant to those working within Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG), Transforming Care Partnerships (TCP), and those leading on learning disability and autism within an Integrated Care System (ICS) or Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP). Dedicated or ringfenced sources of funding consist of: Funding Transfer Agreement (FTA); Pathway Funds; Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and Section 117; National Programme funding; Community Discharge Fund. (Edited publisher abstract)
Specialised supported housing: guidance for local government and NHS commissioners
- Authors:
- SKIDMORE Clare, COPEMAN Ian
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Place of publication:
- London
This is guidance for local government and NHS commissioners about a category of supported housing referred to as ‘Specialised Supported Housing’ (SSH), particularly lease-based models of SSH. The overarching purpose of the guidance is to support commissioners to protect and promote the best interests of people with a learning disability and autistic people, and other people with support needs, in the course of commissioning solutions with and for people who might otherwise not be able to live in housing which supports their health and wellbeing. Supported housing is typically defined as a housing service where housing, support and/or care services are provided to help people to live as independently as possible. SSH is a sub-category of supported housing that is exempt from usual social rent setting requirements as set out in the Rent Standard (these are requirements for registered providers in England in relation to social rent setting) and the Government’s Policy statement on rents for social housing. Specifically, this guidance for commissioners covers: how best to ensure that SSH, including the current lease-based model of SSH, works well for the people living in such supported housing; considerations about the sustainability of existing lease-based SSH schemes; considerations about entering into new lease-based and other SSH arrangements. (Edited publisher abstract)
A COVID-19 guide for care staff supporting an adult with learning disabilities/autism
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Place of publication:
- London
A guide to help care staff and personal assistants supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults through the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. It aims to help care providers and care workers keep people with learning disabilities and autistic adults informed and safe, while protecting and promoting people’s rights to equitable health care and support. Areas covered in the guide include: staying well; social distancing; Advance planning; Care Act easements; safeguarding duties; and death and bereavement. The aim of the guide is to ensure that high quality care and support can continue to be given to these groups during the pandemic. (Edited publisher abstract)
A COVID-19 guide for social workers supporting an adult with learning disabilities/autism
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Place of publication:
- London
A guide to help social workers and occupational therapists supporting autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities through the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. It aims to help occupational therapists and social workers keep people with learning disabilities and autistic adults safe, while at the same time protecting and promoting people's rights wherever possible. Areas covered in the guide include: staying well; advance planning; easements of the Care Act and Mental Health Act; safeguarding and death and bereavement. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mandatory training about learning disability and autism for health and social care provider staff
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
A briefing on mandatory training about learning disability and autism for health and social care provider staff. Key messages include: from 1 July 2022, health and social care providers registered with CQC (Care Quality Commission) must ensure that their staff receive training on learning disabilities and autism appropriate to their role; this new legal requirement follows Baroness Sheila Hollins' successful amendment to the Health and Care Act 2022 in the Lords; on July 1, the Care Quality Commission issued guidance and updated regulations on compliance with this requirement for providers; DHSC (Department of Health and Social Care) will be consulting on and publishing a Code of Practice for the sector which may take twelve months to develop; the act does not specify the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in learning disability and autism which has been developed and will become available soon, however national partners would recommend this as the best way to cover some of the critical learning outcomes staff will need. (Edited publisher abstract)
Community Discharge Grant 2021/22
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- London
A brief outline of the Community Discharge Grant 2021/22. The purpose of the Grant is to provide Transforming Care Partnerships (TCPs) and Integrated Care Systems (ICS) with additional funding to facilitate timely community discharge to reduce the net number of people with learning disabilities and/or autism who are inpatients in NHS hospital settings. This is the first three-year grant of this type: local Government in England will receive £62 million over three years under the Barnett formula (£20 million in 2020/21, £21 million in 2021/22, £21 million in 2022/23). Funding for 2020/21 and 2021/22 has now been distributed. The key difference this year (2021/22) is that the monitoring requirements for this year’s grant have been strengthened. To ensure oversight of local authority CDG expenditure the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is introducing a DHSC data recording tool for the 2021/22 financial year. (Edited publisher abstract)
A guide to adaptations for children and young people with behaviours that challenge
- Author:
- FOUNDATIONS
- Publisher:
- Foundations
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 46
- Place of publication:
- Glossop
The aims of this guide are: to provide some background and context to behaviours that challenge; to outline the rules and regulations relating to disabled facilities grants (DFG) and discretionary housing assistance policies; to provide advice on how the funding can be used; to include case studies and examples of good practice in order to support the effective use of the DFG and discretionary housing assistance policies so that children and young people with behaviours that challenge are able to continue to live at home where that is in their best interests and the interests of their family. DFG funding can be used where the criteria for a mandatory disabled facilities grants are meds. This may include adaptations designed to minimise the risk of danger where a disabled person has behavioural problems which causes them to act in a boisterous or violent manner, damaging the house, themselves and perhaps other people. Other adaptations specifically mentioned in the current DFG guidance include the provision of specialised lighting, toughened or shatterproof glass, the installation of guards around certain facilities such as fires and radiators, and cladding of exposed surfaces and corners to prevent self-injury. The guide shows that the effective and creative use of the DFG budgets can make a significant impact on the lives of people with autism and/or learning disabilities as well as on the lives of their families and carers. Such an approach can also make sense financially. By helping to avoid unnecessary admissions to residential care, appropriate use of DFG budgets not only delivers better outcomes for people with autism and/or learning disabilities and their families but can do so whilst at the same time delivering better value for money for local authorities. (Edited publisher abstract)