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Person centred commissioning - now: a pathway approach to commissioning learning disability support
- Authors:
- FULTON Kate, WINFIELD Claire
- Publisher:
- Improvement and Development Agency
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document explores some examples of what is working well nationally in learning disability commissioning - and how that learning could be used to develop a person-centred commissioning pathway for the future. No one area claims to have everything right, but each example shows a part of the pathway being implemented successfully, and within a person-centred approach. The report should be useful for commissioners, especially to focus them on developing action plans for the way forward.
Commissioning for change: commissioning service changes for people with learning disabilities: workbook 2008
- Author:
- REID Andrew
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This workbook has been designed to assist local authority and health partners to gather data across the whole system to assist capacity planning which will then inform local commissioning plans and will be of particular use when considering learning disability services. It should be considered in the context of important policy documents, such as Changing Lives and Better Health, Better Care which recommend how changes can be made to social care and health services to make them fit for the future. It is intended to be a practical tool for use by partnerships and can be easily adapted or customised for use in local areas. This workbook assists partners with this process by providing a framework for identifying existing services, service pressures and financial data all of which gives a firm basis for then agreeing a detailed and robust capacity plan within an overall Strategic Plan. The workbook is based on a workbook developed for older people in Dundee and Forth Valley, and since then tested in a number of partnerships in Scotland.
Meeting urgent demand with new models of care and individual service funds: discussion paper
- Author:
- WATSON Chris
- Publisher:
- Oxford Brookes University. Institute of Public Care
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 9
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
In recent years there has been an increase in new types of locally based care, support and training delivered by personal assistants (both employed and self-employed), micro enterprises and umbrella organisations. They are largely reliant upon the flexibilities of self-funding or direct payment arrangements and are still relatively small scale in comparison to other more developed elements of the market providing only limited capacity. This paper explores how these new models of care could be supported by local commissioners to meet additional demand using individual service funds. (Edited publisher abstract)
Learning difficulties and ethnicity: updating a framework for action: accessible summary
- Author:
- FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Learning Difficulties and Ethnicity – A Framework for Action was published in 2004. This easy read edition of the update draws attention to the continuing relevance of its key messages together with information on the priority areas from Valuing People Now. There is a simplified action plan for action that should be taken locally and how to track progress. The update will be of interest to a wide range of local people and agencies involved in identifying and addressing the needs of people with learning difficulties from BME communities, and will be of particular relevance for commissioners and providers in local authorities and other statutory agencies, as well as local providers, who all have duties to take certain actions. Learning Disability Partnership Boards, Local Involvement Networks and the new Health and Wellbeing Boards should also use the Framework to ensure progress is made locally and to hold the statutory bodies to account.
Learning difficulties and ethnicity: updating a framework for action
- Author:
- FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Learning Difficulties and Ethnicity – A Framework for Action was published in 2004. This update draws attention to the continuing relevance of its key messages together with information on the priority areas from Valuing People Now. There is a simplified action plan for action that should be taken locally and how to track progress. The update will be of interest to a wide range of local people and agencies involved in identifying and addressing the needs of people with learning difficulties from BME communities, and will be of particular relevance for commissioners and providers in local authorities and other statutory agencies, as well as local providers, who all have duties to take certain actions. Learning Disability Partnership Boards, Local Involvement Networks and the new Health and Wellbeing Boards should also use the Framework to ensure progress is made locally and to hold the statutory bodies to account.
Developing better commissioning for individuals with behaviour that challenges services: a scoping exercise
- Authors:
- McGILL Peter, COOPER Vivien, HONEYMAN Gemma
- Publisher:
- Tizard Centre; Challenging Behaviour Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 35p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
The main problems faced by people with learning disabilities whose behaviour presents challenges are community placements breakdown, increasing use of out of area placements, and persistence of poor quality institutional solutions. The Department of Health commissioned this report and the work it describes as part of the delivery plan for the Government's strategy for people with learning disabilities. As a scoping exercise, the overall aim was to map out the issues and determine where future work was most likely to be useful. The report draws on 3 sources: in-depth consultations with the families of 6 individuals with behaviour that challenges services to provide a picture of the outcomes of services for individuals and families, extended interviews with 8 local authority and health commissioners of learning disability services to identify obstacles to progress and the kinds of supports that might assist local service development, and the literature on both challenging behaviour and commissioning. It provides an overview of the problems, and presents the findings from the family consultation and commissioner interviews. It makes recommendations about national action and support for commissioners.
Commissioning specialist adult learning disability health services: good practice guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Good practice guidance on the commissioning of specialist adult learning disability health services for adults, in particular to assist in responding to shortcomings identified in these services in recent Healthcare Commission reports including those into abuse in Cornwall and Merton and Sutton.
Arranging services for people with a learning disability and behaviour that challenges: a quick guide for commissioners
- Authors:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE, SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publishers:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
People with a learning disability and behaviour that challenges should have the support they need to live how and where they want. Organising and developing services in the right way is the first step to making this happen. This quick guide focuses on achieving good outcomes for people through effective commissioning of services. It looks at planning and delivering services, providing services in the community, and considering housing options. The content is based on NICE’s guideline on learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: service design and delivery. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supporting self-advocacy
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, LAWTON Annie
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The purpose of this report is to share ideas about self-advocacy for people with learning disabilities and those who are committed to supporting self-advocacy such as service providers, commissioners, parents and carers. A number of people with a learning disability and supporters were involved in developing this information and suggesting how to present it. The idea is for supporters and carers to work through this together and discuss the different ideas raised about supporting self advocacy.
Commissioning services for people with a learning disability: a cross-system framework for commissioning social care, health and children's services for people with a learning disability
- Author:
- SKILLS FOR CARE
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This framework is for commissioners who work in social care, health, education, and children's commissioning services for people with a learning disability, to help them make informed commissioning decisions and improve the outcomes for people with a learning disability and their families. The guidance explains the things commissioners need to analyse, what they need to do and who/what organisations they should engage with. It also has links to useful guidance and information, to help them to identify and plan the changes needed to improve their commissioning practices to deliver person-centred outcomes for local people with all kinds of learning disability. It gives commissioners a checklist of questions to help them analyse their current position, and outlines what they need to do, including the services and support that they should commission, to ensure that local people with a learning disability can access the care and support they want and need. In each section, we have split the content under the following headings: understanding the local population; culture and management; working in partnership; learning and development. (Edited publisher abstract)