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Supporting people with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges, including those with a mental health condition: service model for commissioners of health and social care services
- Authors:
- NHS ENGLAND, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES
- Publishers:
- NHS England, Local Government Association, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 41
- Place of publication:
- London
This service model brings together good practice taking place in local areas to describe what good services should look like for children, young people and adults with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviour that challenges. It covers all aspects of commissioning: strategic, operational and individual/micro commissioning. The model is organised around nine principles from the perspective of the people using services. These are: a good and meaningful life; person-centred care and support; choice and control; support for family carers and care staff; choice of housing; good health care; access to specialist community health and social care; getting support in staying out of trouble when at risk of being in contact with the criminal justice system; and having access to high quality assessment and treatment in a hospital setting where necessary. The model gives people a clear picture of what they can expect from the services they use. It also allows those designing and commissioning services flexibility to ensure services work for local areas. The new model, which was co-produced by people using services, commissioners and health and social care system leaders, has been finalised using the feedback from early implementation by six ‘fast track’ areas. (Edited publisher abstract)
Building the right support: a national plan to develop community services and close inpatient facilities for people with learning disability...including those with a mental health condition
- Authors:
- NHS ENGLAND, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES
- Publishers:
- NHS England, Local Government Association, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 56
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out a national plan to enable people with learning disabilities who display behaviour that challenges to be supported to live more independently in their local community and reduce reliance on institutional care and long stay hospitals. The plan looks at the learning from the six 'fast track' areas; describes the new services that will be needed to better support people with learning disabilities to live in the community; and outlines how transforming care partnerships (commissioning collaborations of local authorities, CCGs and NHS England partners) in health and care will need to work together to deliver these changes. Areas discussed include: the need for appropriate local housing, such as schemes where people have their own home but ready access to on-site support staff; an expansion of the use of personal budgets, enabling people and their families to plan their own care, beyond those who already have a legal right to them; for people to have access to a local care and support navigator or key worker; and investment in advocacy and advice services run by local charities and voluntary organisations. To achieve the shift from inpatient to community-based services the plan identifies three key changes: that local councils and NHS bodies will join together to deliver better and more coordinated services; pooled budgets between the NHS and local councils to ensure the right care is provided in the right place; and adoption of a new service model. (Edited publisher abstract)
Winterbourne View joint improvement programme: stocktake of progress report
- Authors:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, NHS ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 57
- Place of publication:
- London
The findings following the abuse at Winterbourne View made it clear that more local, appropriate accommodation and care is both possible and the best option for most people. The Joint Improvement Programme (WVJIP) was established to help local areas to fundamentally transform health and care services for people with learning disabilities, autism or challenging behaviour. This report presents findings from the stocktake of progress questionnaire sent to Local authority chief executives, clinical leads of local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and the chairs of Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs) in June 2013. The stocktake covered 11 key areas of enquiry: models of partnership; managing money; case management for individuals; current review programme; safeguarding; commissioning arrangements; developing local teams and services; prevention and crisis response capacity; understanding the population who may need or receive services; children and adults transition planning and current and future market requirements and capacity. While the report finds that 86 specific requests for support are identified, it also outlines some of more than 340 example of good or demonstrative practice and local policy initiatives. This programme is led by the Local Government Association (LGA) and NHS England, and funded by the Department of Health. (Original abstract)