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0 to 25 SEND code of practice: a guide for health professionals. Advice for clinical commissioning groups, health professionals and local authorities
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Department for Education, Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide is designed to help clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), local authorities and health professionals understand their statutory duties in relation to the special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms in the Children and Families Act 2014. It draws out the health elements from the statutory 0-25 SEN and Disability Code of Practice and will help navigate the full document. The guide covers: the principles underpinning the Code; joint commissioning; personal budgets; transitions from paediatric to adult services; the local offer; health in early years provision; health in schools and colleges; preparing for adulthood; education, health and care (EHC) needs assessments and plans; children and young people in specific circumstances; and resolving disagreements. (Edited publisher abstract)
Named Social Worker: baseline report
- Author:
- INNOVATION UNIT
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 19
- Place of publication:
- London
The first report from an evaluation of six pilot sites set up to develop, implement and evaluate a Named Social Worker for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs. The Named Social Worker programme was initiated by the Department of Health to develop an understanding of how having a named social worker can contribute to individuals with learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs achieving better outcomes. The Innovation Unit and the Social Care Institute for Excellence are working with the six local authority pilot sites, who are: Calderdale Council, Camden Council, Hertfordshire County Council, Liverpool City Council, Nottingham City Council and Sheffield City Council. This report brings together the core theory of change hypothesis that each of the six sites is testing, looks at the models each authority is using and provides an analysis of emerging themes. It also provides an outline of the programme’s approach to evaluation and mini case studies illustrating different elements of implementation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Learning disability services efficiency project: report
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 17
- Place of publication:
- London
This report outlines the findings from the Learning Disability Services Efficiency Project and pulls together the evidence and some key messages for the sector. The project was set up by the Local Government Association in 2014 and is part of the Transforming Care programme. The Project aims to enable local authorities to develop and share new and innovative approaches to improve care and support for people with learning disabilities and to make efficiencies. The practice examples are based on the principles of promoting independence; working collaboratively to develop person centred solutions; maximising the use of resources, including digital technology and reducing costs. Five councils were tracked over a two year period and learning is being shared for the benefit of the wider sector. The Councils who took part were the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Darlington Borough Council, Cumbria County Council, Kent County Council and Wiltshire Council. The findings are described using the following headings: understanding need and the cost of meeting that need, the progression model, carers, transitions, NHS as key partners, staff, housing, transport and efficiency savings. (Edited publisher abstract)
Indirect payments: when the Mental Capacity Act interacts with the personalisation agenda
- Authors:
- JEPSON Marcus, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 24(5), 2016, pp.623-630.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper reports findings from a study that aimed to explore how practitioners were bringing together the demands of the personalisation agenda, in particular the offer of direct payments (DPs), with the Mental Capacity Act, and to investigate current practices of offering and administering indirect payments for people who lack capacity to consent to them, including the use of ‘suitable person’ proxies under the new regulations (DH, 2009). The study adopted a qualitative interview-based design; participants were social work practitioners (67) and recipients of ‘indirect’ payments (18) in six local authorities in England in 2011–2012. The paper reports on five key decision-making points in the indirect payments process: the decision to take on an indirect payment, the assessment of mental capacity, the identification of a suitable person, the establishment of the care recipient's best interests and the decisions about how to execute the indirect payment. The authors found that practitioners and suitable people had different experiences of the system, although in both cases, there was overarching support for the benefits of enabling people who lack capacity to consent to a DP to receive their social care funding in the form of an ‘indirect’ payment via a proxy suitable person. (Publisher abstract)
Building the right home
- Authors:
- 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)