Stage4b

Step 4b: Development of Care Plan

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Q1: What is the role of independent advocacy in supporting and speaking up for the person?
- Advocacy Resource Exchange (not-for-profit organisation which works in partnership with advocacy schemes, projects and providers)
- UPDATED/NEW: Independent Living Institute
- Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance website
- UDPATED/NEW: Disability Resources Monthly
Q2: How will the person be supported during the transition/move to the new service(s)?
- UPDATED/NEW: Learning Disability Tool
- UPDATED/NEW: www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/Housing/access/housingsupport/supportpeople
- UPDATED/NEW: Agreement on supporting people signed by the Scottish Ministers and the COSLA Presidential team on November 14, 2007.
- Future Demand for Residential Provision for People with Learning Disabilities. Review of Residential Provision for People with Learning Disabilities: A Research Review Hatton and Emerson (1996)
- Beattie Report – Post-School Transitions
- UPDATED/NEW: Transition Planner PAMIS Futures Project 2006
- Bridging the Divide at Transition. What happens for young people with learning difficulties and their families? [PDF, 190KB] Final summary of research findings. Norah Fry (2003)
- UPDATED/NEW: Transition: moving on well. A good practice guide for health professionals and their partners on transition planning for young people with complex health needs or a disability. Department of Health (2008)
- UPDATED/NEW: Dept. of Health (2007) has developed a number of tools to help everyone involved in the commissioning process apply good practice and enhance their skills.
Q3: What are the key outcomes and specific goals identified in the care plan? What is the time line for achieving goals across the steps for commissioning a service?
- UPDATED/NEW: Direct Payments Guidance. Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) Guidance England 2003.
Q4: Are there agreed Quality of Life Indicators being used in the care plan?
- Quality Indicators for People with Learning Disabilities [PDF, 303KB] NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (2004)
- Joint inspection of services for people with learning disabilities in Scotland
Q5: What is the length of time between reviews of the care plan?
Q6: How are family and carers and service users involved in the development of the care plan?
- UPDATED/NEW: Learning Disabilities White Paper Valuing People (2001) Dept. of Health
- UPDATED/NEW: Emerson, E. and Hatton, C. (2008) People with Learning Disabilities in England [PDF] CeDR Research Report 2008:1
  This report, commissioned by Mencap, summarises information that is available from nationally representative data sources on the life experiences and services used by people with learning disabilities in England. These data sources include information on service activity collected by the Department of Health and other government departments, and information that can be extracted from large scale nationally representative surveys
- UPDATED/NEW: . The eSAY project is working to get good statistical information about learning disability and autistic spectrum disorder in Scotland. This will help us to know how much progress has been made in implementing “The same as you?”. It will also help local and national agencies to better plan and develop services that meet people’s needs.
Q7: How, specifically, will staff be trained and supported to follow the care plan?
- UPDATED/NEW: Care Management Training Framework (2006) Scottish Government. Guidance on implementation of training staff national policies. To be read in conjunction with Practitioners' Guide.
  Care Management Training Framework
  Practitioners’ Guide
- Health Evidence Bulletins Wales Staff Training Support Unit for Research Evidence Cardiff University
  Training for Community Care A Strategy. Social Services Inspectorate. London: Department of Health, 1990
- The same as you? A review of services for people with learning disabilities Scottish Government (2000)
- UPDATED/NEW: Cullen C. A Review of Some Important Issues in Research and Services for People with Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour. 2000: Scottish Government review of services for people with a learning disability. Edinburgh: Scottish Government, 2000
- UPDATED/NEW: Mansell, J.L. (1993), Services for People with Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour or Mental Health Needs [PDF]: Report of a Project Group, HMSO, London
- UPDATED/NEW: Mansell, J.L. (2007), Services for People with Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour or Mental Health Needs: Report of a Project Group, HMSO, London.
  http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_080129
  ORhttp://www.library.nhs.uk/commissioning/ViewResource.aspx?resID=286865
- UPDATED/NEW: Emerson, E., Alborz, A., David, D., Mason, H., Swarbrick,R., Kiernan, C. and Mason, L. (1997) The HARC Challenging Behaviour Project Report 2: [PDF] The Prevalence of Challenging Behaviour

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