Partnership in Practice Agreement - Dundee City Council
Partnership in Practice Agreement - Dundee City Council Partnership in Practice Agreement - Dundee City Council
10 COMPLEX NEEDS Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities The last PIP said: • everyone needs to be able to access the support they need and some people will need specialist support • people with complex needs should have access to the specialist staffing and resources they need to be a part of the community • we will have more short breaks for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and develop accommodation with support for people with PMLD. What have we done? • we have increased the amount of respite the White Top Centre provides because more people now need support • we are developing accommodation and support for four people • the Social Work Service Manager has regular meetings with families at the White Top Centre • a carer is involved in partnership and practice and strategic planning groups • we are developing Kemback Street Centre to make it accessible to People with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD). What do you think? • the development of Kemback Street for people with PMLD is seen as positive and will enable a mix of service users accessing resources and have places available in the future for school leavers. It is beneficial for individuals who have PMLD to integrate with other service users who have differing disabilities • there is some concern about the very limited time being spent outside the Adult Resource Centre, and more generally about the level of resources both in day and respite services and the lack of choices available PARTNERSHIP IN PRACTICE 2007-2010 27 10
10 • people would like to see more support available to people with PMLD specialist services, such as the wheelchair service • there are not enough places in the community where people with PMLD can access their needs for personal care in a safe and dignified manner, for example public toilets have no plinths or hoists. What improvements do we plan to make over the next three years? • we will develop new ways for service users and carers of people with PMLD to take more control over their services and lives, taking account of ILF and direct payments and other benefits and service charges, and other ways which do not require them to manage monies directly • we will develop training for carers and staff, including communication training, to support people with PLMD. Staff at Kemback Street Centre will be included in this training • as the joint equipment store develops, we will consider how best to provide access to more specialists and to equipment and a means by which carers can borrow and share equipment • we will promote the need for better communication skills among specialist health and care staff so that people with learning disabilities can be seen on their own more often without having to be accompanied by a carer or key worker, but equally, when necessary that carers are included and their knowledge properly respected • we will support the PAMIS campaign, Changing Places - Accessible Loos for All, to increase facilities for people with learning disabilities in public and commercial places in Dundee • we will re-commission services to rationalise, improve standards and make them more cost effective, in order to create better quality and choice • we will ensure that service provision promotes equality of opportunity and diversity. 28 PARTNERSHIP IN PRACTICE 2007-2010
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- Page 5 and 6: Introduction This is the third Part
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• people would like to see more support available to people with PMLD<br />
specialist services, such as the wheelchair service<br />
• there are not enough places <strong>in</strong> the community where people with PMLD<br />
can access their needs for personal care <strong>in</strong> a safe and dignified manner, for<br />
example public toilets have no pl<strong>in</strong>ths or hoists.<br />
What improvements do we plan to make over the next three<br />
years?<br />
• we will develop new ways for service users and carers of people with PMLD<br />
to take more control over their services and lives, tak<strong>in</strong>g account of ILF<br />
and direct payments and other benefits and service charges, and other ways<br />
which do not require them to manage monies directly<br />
• we will develop tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g for carers and staff, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g communication<br />
tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, to support people with PLMD. Staff at Kemback Street Centre will<br />
be <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> this tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
• as the jo<strong>in</strong>t equipment store develops, we will consider how best to provide<br />
access to more specialists and to equipment and a means by which carers<br />
can borrow and share equipment<br />
• we will promote the need for better communication skills among specialist<br />
health and care staff so that people with learn<strong>in</strong>g disabilities can be seen<br />
on their own more often without hav<strong>in</strong>g to be accompanied by a carer or<br />
key worker, but equally, when necessary that carers are <strong>in</strong>cluded and their<br />
knowledge properly respected<br />
• we will support the PAMIS campaign, Chang<strong>in</strong>g Places - Accessible Loos<br />
for All, to <strong>in</strong>crease facilities for people with learn<strong>in</strong>g disabilities <strong>in</strong> public and<br />
commercial places <strong>in</strong> <strong>Dundee</strong><br />
• we will re-commission services to rationalise, improve standards and make<br />
them more cost effective, <strong>in</strong> order to create better quality and choice<br />
• we will ensure that service provision promotes equality of opportunity and<br />
diversity.<br />
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