Issue - meetings

Shona McFarlane, Director, Health and Wellbeing, Neighbourhood and Adult Services, and Sharon Davies, Person Centred Planning Coordinator, Learning Disability Services, Neighbourhood and Adult Services, to present:

-           Presentation around Person Centred Reviews;

-           Case study video showing a young man’s Person Centred Review.  

Sharon Davies, Person Centred Planning Co-ordinator, and John Williams, Learning Disability Services Service Manager, gave the following powerpoint presentation:-

Valuing People Priorities ‘The Vision’

-        Making the transition to adulthood a positive experience

-        Every young person with a learning disability and with a Statement will have a Person Centred Review from the age of 14-19 by 2011

-        The Year 9 Review will produce a Person Centred Transition Plan that will inform the commissioning and provision of future service and support, be reviewed each year and be the core of a smooth transition to Adult Services

-        By 2011 far more young people will leave school and college with paid jobs and will have individual budgets

Applying Person Centred approaches to Transition

To discover

-        What is important to the young person

-        What support they want and need

-        What are the young person’s dreams and aspirations

To explore what could be possible

-        What might be best practice in people getting the lives they want (where they live, work, education and social life etc.)

To explore what is practical and possible locally to achieve the things that are important to and for the young person

The Essence of Person Centred Planning

-        It is focused – a much clearer focus on the young person throughout the meeting

-        It is positive – starting the meeting on a positive note sets the tone for the rest of the review

-        It is energising – person centred approaches help to keep everyone active and engaged in the process

-        It is flexible – the reviews differed, reflecting the different personalities of the young person

-        It is different – the positive, open and relaxed atmosphere of using person centred approaches affected the way everyone contributed to the meeting

-        It is about partnership and action for change

How it is Done/Practicalities

-        Securing commitment

-        Preparing for the review

-        Having the right setting

-        Gathering and recording information

-        Using a variety of media

-        Facilitating the review process

-        Making time/taking time

Review Headings

-        Who is here?

-        What we like and admire

-        What is working well

-        What is not working well

-        What is important to … now

-        What is important to … in the future

-        What support does the person need to stay healthy and safe

-        Action plan

The Year 10 Review

-        Structured around 3 questions

What is possible for the future?

What do we want for the future?

What are we going to do to move this forward?

The Keys to Citizenship

-        Community Life

-        Circle of Support

-        Home

-        In Control

-        Direction

-        Money

Discussion ensued on the presentation with the following issues raised/highlighted:-

o       Reviews undertaken in partnerships with the schools in Y9.  A team consisting of Children Services, Adult Services and Connexions worked together to facilitate them

o       Each Review would be reviewed annually as a minimum but there  ...  view the full minutes text for item 43