Public Value Review of Learning Disability Services

Initial Recommendations

Surrey Carers Association 8th December 2011

Simon Laker

Chris Esson

Surrey County Council, PLD Commissioning

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The aims of today

• To share our initial recommendations

• These will inform you of our commissioning intentions

• Communicate to you our direction of travel and ambition for services

Underlying Principles

Key themes across all that we do:

• Everyone we support with a learning disability has a personal budget

• They will be able to have greater choice and control over the services they choose to meet their needs

• The market will be developed to offer a wide range of affordable services

Underlying Principles

We need to plan for the needs of people:

• that have high support needs

• from black and minority ethnic groups

• on the autistic spectrum

• in custody and the community

To help deliver our recommendations

We need to:

• undertake a programme of re-assessment and review of people with learning disabilities over the next three years.

• focus is on personalisation and improving outcomes for people

• Work with individuals, their families and service providers to develop the market of services that people want to buy

Topic: Individual Housing Options

Our ambition:

• Help more people with learning disabilities live independently in a range of housing that gives them legal rights and meets their support needs, including 24hr support

• Develop more supported accommodation options instead of residential care.

• Work with providers to help a number of residential homes in Surrey to move from residential care to supported living

Topic: Daytime activities

Our ambition:

• Ensure all people receive support to use personal budgets to purchase from a market of affordable day, evening and weekend activities

Topic: Supporting People in transition

Our ambition: For young people

• Moving from childhood to adulthood young people and their families will be supported to access appropriate:

• Housing• Education• Employment• Care and support based on choice and need

Topic: Supporting People in transition

Our ambition: For older people

• Develop age appropriate services that recognises their needs as they age. They are an older person first and foremost.

Topic: Short breaks (respite)

Our ambition:

• Develop a wide range of affordable options for people to choose and buy respite when they need it

• This should be across the whole of Surrey

Topic: Partnership working

We already work with:

• Care & Support Providers

• Boroughs & Districts

• Local Health organisations

• Neighbouring Authorities

What next?

• We have already and continue to work on different approaches to service delivery

• Review our pilot projects

• Ongoing consultation with stakeholders

• Formal recommendations agreed by Councillors