BDR

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Valuing People The Learning Disability
Partnership Board in Surrey
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Aims

• To improve lives of adults with learning
  disabilities (and their carers).
• To increase opportunities to access mainstream
  facilities, such as health services, college,
  employment opportunities and housing.

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Historic Service in Surrey Provision
Medical Model - pre 70s late 80s Typical
Service Hospital Care, Adult Training Centres
Social Care Model - mid 80s late 90s Typical
Service Nursing, Residential,Day Centres
Citizenship and Social Inclusion Model - 2000s
onwards Typical Service Main Stream Primary
Care, Ordinary Housing Schemes, Employment
Education
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Definition of Commissioning by CSCI

• The process of translating aspirations into
  timely and quality services for users which
• meet their needs
• promote their independence
• provide choice
• are cost effective
• support the whole community

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Catalysts for Change

• Valuing People White Paper (2001)
• A new strategy for 21st Century
• Choice Control
• Inclusion
• Citizenship
• Rights Responsibilities

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Catalysts for Change

• Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People
  (2005)
• Promotes empowerment of disabled people through
  social inclusion, choice, joint working between
  agencies and person centred services
• Our Health, Our Care, Our Say (2006).
• Aims to promote choice, consultation and to
  involve local people in decision making

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Partnership Board Structure
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Intention

• People with a learning disability and their
  families have a real say in how services are
  planned and run
• Focus on lives not just services
• Focus on partnership - people working together to
  plan better services
• To integrate learning disability into mainstream
  developments
• www.surreypb.org.uk

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Considerations for Learners

• Environment the whole college experience
• Accessible Information
• Think about methods teaching and aids
• Relevant to real life
• Follow on courses

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Considerations for Learners

• Transport
• Partnership Working
• Think about Disability
• Outcomes

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Gateway IT Project
Good Practice
Details from frank.kitchener_at_surreycc.gov.uk
www.aboutus.org.uk
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Good Practice

• Employability
• NEET project
• Work with Colleges
• Identify the skills, knowledge and wishes of the
  person with learning disability
• Employ Ability also have a transition team who
  assist school and college leavers with learning
  disabilities as they move into employment

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Good Practice

• About Us Project
• Work with others to deliver programmes
• 400 individuals achieved qualification
• Work skills for life
• Train the Trainers
• People lerning disability providing training

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Contact Details
Mary Hendrick Partnership Manager for People with
Disabilities South West Area Office Grosvenor
House AO3 London Road Guildford GU1 1FA 01483
517 953 mary.hendrick_at_surreycc.gov.uk www.surreypb
.org.uk