Lynda Hughes

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Lynda Hughes
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Business Manager Disability Services Seedfield
Resource Centre
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Consultation

• Need to develop plan for services for people with
  a physical and sensory service
• Need to ask disabled people and their carers what
  service they need and
• How we can deliver this service

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Background

• New Green paper produced by the department of
  Health Independence Wellbeing and Choice
• This had extensive consultation which included
  service users.
• Aims of vision would be person centred,
  pro-active and seamless.
• Community needs and expectations
• have changed.
• Best Value report also highlighted need for
  changes to how services are delivered

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The Vision of the Green paper

• The green paper says that adults will have,
• More control
• Chance to do things that others do take for
  granted
• More choice to decide how their needs are met
• Good quality of support for those with the
  highest needs

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The seven outcomes

• Improved Health
• Improve the quality of life
• Economic Well being
• Exercise of choice and control
• Freedom from discrimination or harassment
• Making a positive contribution
• Personal dignity

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How can we achieve these?

• Better information
• Extend Direct payments/ Individual Budgets-put
  People in Control
• Person Centred assessment and Planning
• Improve skills and status of workforce
• Pro-active , preventative services

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How can we achieve these?

• Engage voluntary and community sector and Carers
• Develop creative support available to people, to
  move away from traditional services
• Strengthen political focus

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What will this mean for future services?

• Services will have to
• manage risks allow people to take risks
• Have better information
• Put individuals at the centre of assessment and
  planning
• Give people the means to choose their services
  direct payments

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What will this mean for future services?

• Services will have to
• Work in partnership with the community, users,
  carers to deliver a strategic balance of
  investment at local level.
• Look at alternative provision
• Have effective transition planning in place with
  Children's Services.

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What will this mean for future services?

• Services will have to
• Have well established targets
• Meet the new agenda for regulation and
  Inspection
• Identify develop workforce plans
• Develop capacity at a local level

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Services for physical and sensory disabilities

• What kind of services the disabled people of Bury
  need?
• How that can be delivered more efficiently and
  effectively given there is no new money?
• Anything that we should not be doing so that we
  can put the money elsewhere?
• Who should be helping us to do this?

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Contact us

• Disability Services on
• Telephone [phone]
• Minicom 0161 253 6355
• Text 07752566081
• E-mail disabilityservcieste_at_bury.gov.uk