Draft Learning Disability Statement of Intent (Plan) – 2015-2018 Consultation

Closed 24 Apr 2015

Opened 2 Feb 2015

Contact

01926 742971

feedback@warwickshire.gov.uk

Feedback updated 18 Jan 2018

We asked

People told us they wanted a plan that would have a positive impact on their way of life, one that was realistic, could be easily understood and be measured. 

Warwickshire’s draft Joint Adult Learning Disability Statement of Intent 2015- 2020 ‘It’s My Life’ was published on 2nd February 2015 for 12 weeks formal public consultation.

We wanted to seek views and opinions and gather feedback about the learning disability plan: Do you agree with the plan? Is there anything else we need to do? What is the top priority in each area? What is important to include in the Delivery plan?

You said

Overall, over 3000 people were contacted, responded to, or were involved in this part of the engagement process in some way. Please note this will include some double counting as some customer’s may have been consulted/engaged with on more than one occasion. Of which 469 actively contributed towards submitting written or verbal feedback.

We received overwhelming support for the draft commissioning intentions. We also made changes on the basis of the consultation and there were some areas where we were required to provide further clarification.

We did

The statement of intent commissioning intentions were revised and updated to reflect many of the comments received.

The Learning Disability Statement of Intent (Strategy) 2015 – 2020 was approved at Cabinet on Thursday 16 July 2015.

The Delivery Plan is monitored by the Learning Disability Partnership Board which is made up of representatives from WCC adult social care & comissioning; health (CCGs); LD providers; customers and their families.

Results updated 18 Jan 2018

The Learning Disability Statement of Intent (Strategy) 2015 – 2020 was approved at Cabinet on Thursday 16 July 2015.

The Delivery Plan will be monitored by the Learning Disability Partnership Board.

More information is available on the Learning Disability Strategy Website (See link below).

Links:

Overview

What is the new Learning Disability Plan about?

We want to improve the lives of people with a learning disability. We will do this by supporting people to be more independent, have healthier lives and have more choice and control. 

 

Why your views matter

People told us they wanted a plan that would have a positive impact on their way of life, one that was realistic, could be easily understood and be measured. We all have different aspects to our life that contribute to having a happy and fulfilled life. 

We have tried to write our plan to reflect this.

There are five key areas in the plan:

  • My Home Life– People with learning disabilities have a home of their own. A safe and secure place where their needs can be met by skilled support staff when needed. People with learning disabilities want to have more independence.
  • My Work Life– People with a learning disability want job opportunities, and to be able to make a valued contribution to the local work force either through paid employment, voluntary work or work experience. People with a learning disability want to engage in meaningful day time activities.
  • My Family Life – We want to support carers and make sure they have fulfilled lives.
  • My Lifestyle – We want people with a learning disability to be well and healthy. We want people with a learning disability to have equal access to health care and health promotion services and to receive reasonable adjustments to achieve this
  • My Social Life – People with a learning disability have told us that they want to make friends and have relationships.

Further details and the survey are available on the Learning Disability Strategy website (see below).

We will be holding drop in sessions at the each of the Community Hubs across Warwickshire, please see events information below for details:

What happens next

This consultation has now closed.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to give us their views.

Events

Areas

  • All Areas

Audiences

  • Anyone from any background
  • Service users (current or previous)
  • Carers
  • Parents
  • All ages
  • People with disabilities
  • Community Groups
  • Voluntary and third sector organisations
  • Partners
  • Specialist staff
  • Professionals and professional bodies

Interests

  • Disabilities
  • Policies, plans and strategies
  • All age disabilities