For the parents who want to see their son/daughter move on, it is important that they live with friends they know well. One parent mentioned the usefulness of getting together with other parents to match up people in this way. Many parents mentioned that they did not want their son/daughter to live with people with challenging behaviour. Current options are sometimes perceived as not suitable for all, too inflexible or not available. Most parents said they would go to Social Workers/Care managers for information, but felt that they were too narrow when considering options. November 2015 and all 5.4 A co-produced Supported Living Re-modelling took place in stakeholders agreed the following way forward: Families work together in local community to commission accommodation, cluster housing Making better use of Local Area Coordination for people with a learning disability Live close to facilities, amenities Everyone to have accommodation plan for new transition people – Utilising student areas and accommodation Google of service providers ‘map’ Using students voluntary or contractual – Highlight where the guys we support currently live Providers to coordinate around social activities Bank of potential staff (held by Jobcentre?) Providers to work together around training Doing more to champion care as a Career 16 + – People we support, do they live? Affecting support, night support, shared support at night? Direct payments shared support – What is a volunteer? Self-organised groups Using time credits to encourage volunteers to exchange skills and time Using students/volunteers to live rent free in a service provider home (night support) Sharing transport or use funded community buses – Fundraising and students volunteering, getting time credits What can people with learning disabilities do for others? Get more people involved in Time to Meet Issues for commissioning from Supported Living Event Geographical approaches to supporting people need to be pursued and as a start we need to map where people currently live Support arrangements need to be more varied to maximise social networks and community integration don’t need to depend solely on – staff Support providers to collaborate more in the delivery of services
For the parents who want to see their son/daughter move on, it is important that they live with friends they know well. One parent mentioned the usefulness of getting together with other parents to match up people in this way. Many parents mentioned that they did not want their son/daughter to live with people with challenging behaviour. Current options are sometimes perceived as not suitable for all, too inflexible or not available. Most parents said they would go to Social Workers/Care managers for information, but felt that they were too narrow when considering options. 5.4 A co-produced Supported Living Re-modelling took place in November 2015 and all stakeholders agreed the following way forward: Families work together in local community to commission accommodation, cluster housing Making better use of Local Area Coordination for people with a learning disability Live close to facilities, amenities Everyone to have accommodation – plan for new transition people Utilising student areas and accommodation Google ‘map’ of service providers Using students – voluntary or contractual Highlight where the guys we support currently live Providers to coordinate around social activities Bank of potential staff (held by Jobcentre?) Providers to work together around training Doing more to champion care as a Career – 16 + People we support, do they live? Affecting support, night support, shared support at night? Direct payments – shared support What is a volunteer? Self-organised groups Using time credits to encourage volunteers to exchange skills and time Using students/volunteers to live rent free in a service provider home (night support) Sharing transport – or use funded community buses Fundraising and students volunteering, getting time credits What can people with learning disabilities do for others? Get more people involved in Time to Meet Issues for commissioning from Supported Living Event Geographical approaches to supporting people need to be pursued and as a start we need to map where people currently live Support arrangements need to be more varied to maximise social networks and community integration – don’t need to depend solely on staff Support providers to collaborate more in the delivery of services
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