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Valuing People Now: From Progress to Transformation

Valuing People Now: From Progress to Transformation. What it says - the main points. Valuing People Now It does not change policy It adds a few things It says how change can happen It sets priorities for the next 3 years. The Big Priorities for 2008-2011

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Valuing People Now: From Progress to Transformation

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  1. Valuing People Now: From Progress to Transformation What it says - the main points

  2. Valuing People Now • It does not change • policy • It adds a few things • It says how change • can happen • It sets priorities for • the next 3 years

  3. The Big Priorities for • 2008-2011 • Personalisation • What people do in the day, in the evenings and at weekends • Health • Housing • Making it happen

  4. Personalisation • More choice and control • about how you live your • life and the support you • get • More people with a Direct • Payment or personal • budget • Most people have a • Person centred plan

  5. What People do in • the Day (in the evenings • and at weekends) • People deciding what they • want to do • More people in paid work • More people doing college • courses they want • Action to make this • happen by all government • departments

  6. Health • PCTs will: • Know about the health needs • of people with learning • disabilities • Plan health services that work • for people with learning • disabilities through • Partnership Boards • Most people will have a • health action plan and regular • health checks

  7. Housing • More people to be • tenants and owners of • their own home with all • their rights • Councils will include • the needs of people with • learning disabilities in • their housing plans • Extra money to help • close campuses

  8. Other important things for • 2008-2011 • Advocacy and rights • Partnership with families • Including everyone • People as local citizens • Transition to adulthood • The staff that support people (workforce)

  9. Advocacy and Rights • More money spent on • Advocacy • Every Local Authority area will • have a user-led organisation • that includes people with • learning disabilities • more people with learning • disabilities who are national • and regional leaders

  10. Partnership with Families • More people listening to family • carers • Family carers getting more • support so they can live their • own lives and stay healthy • More breaks for families • Family carers will know • more about their rights

  11. Including Everyone • Not missing anyone out • People with complex needs • People from ethnic minority • Communities • People with autism • People involved with the • criminal justice system

  12. People as Local Citizens • Action to stop Hate Crime • Better public transport • People have more friends and • relationships • Community support for • parents with learning • disabilities

  13. Transition to • Adulthood • Every young person in • transition will have a person • centred plan to plan the • services they need • Young people will get a job • or go to college when they • leave school • More young people will get a • Direct Payment or personal • budget

  14. Improving the Workforce • More staff will pass the Learning • Disability Qualification (LDQ) • People and families as paid • staff trainers • Staff training to include • people working the • community – like the • NHS, police, shops, • transport

  15. The Very Top of the list • from 2008 - 2011 • Making it Happen: • National and local leadership • Better commissioning (planning and buying services) • Checking how we are doing

  16. National Leadership • National Forum • Task Force • Minister’s oversight • group • Valuing People • Support Team • National Director

  17. Local Leadership • Partnership Boards to look at • how they work so they can do • a better job of leading change • Learning Disability • Development Fund • to go to local authorities

  18. Better Commissioning • (planning and buying services) • Local Authorities will be in • charge of planning and • buying all social care services • No-one to be an in-patient • unless they being assessed or • treated because they are not • well • Less people will be sent to live • away from their local area

  19. Checking How • We Are Doing • Partnership Boards will have • good information about how • things are going with Valuing • People Now each year • The NHS will be reporting on • the health of people with • learning disabilities • We will know how many • people have paid work and • live in their own home

  20. What Next? Tell us what you think • Send your views to the government • by 28th March 2008 • Say what you think or what groups think • Don’t wait, don’t stop doing the brilliant • hard work, keep at it! • Make Valuing People • happen now

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