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Welcome to our website.The Ashford District Partnership Board is one of the 12 Districts that make up the Kent Partnership Board for Learning Disabilities.
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Agenda Ashford District Partnership Group for Learning Disabilities
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We are people with learning disabilities, carers, care managers, health staff, people who work in residential homes and others.
Meeting dates for the Ashford District Partnership Group
held at St Simons Hall Brookfield Road, Ashford, Kent
Friday 27th August 2010 10.00am-1.30pm
Friday 29th October 2010 10.00am-1.30pm
Thursday 9th December 2010 5.00pm-8.00pm
A Community group for people with a learning disability, parents, carers, friends, other Community groups, Voluntary organisations and professionals working together to improve services for people with a learning disability and their families in the Ashford area. We welcome new people to our group so please come along; you will receive a warm welcome.
Please click here to find out who is on the Ashford District Partnership Group |
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Details of the
Kent Learning Disability Partnership Board
can be found by visiting the web site www.kentldpb.org.uk
Dates for the Kent Partnerships Board for 2010 will be available shortly.
All meetings start at 12 .00 ( 10.45 am for Joint Chairs pre meeting)
Meeting Dates
Thursday 16th September 2010
Thursday 18th November 2010
Kent Partnership Board update from the meeting on 19/11/2009
Kent Partnership Board Guidance
Governance of the Kent Partnership Board needs to include the following: -Make sure the key role in leading and overseeing the implementation of Valuing people Now. - Membership, who should be a member. -Appointed Chairs) - Clear process for Chair. - Board responsibiles; - what is the Kent Partnership Board responsible for. - Levels of financial, delegation, How much money does the Kent Partnership Board control and how is it spent. - Strategic goals,- How the Kent Partnership will plan it's work so that it can meet the goals of Valuing People Now.
Membership list of Kent Partnership Board
Director of Adult Social Services.
Primary Care Trust Chief Executive
Local Authority Members
Non- Executive Director of Primary Care Trust
People with learning disabilities drawn from a range of ethnic backgrounds
Family carers of people with a learning disability drawn from a range of ethnic backgrounds
Head of Joint Commissioning
Assistant Director for Children's Services
Strategic Housing Lead
Jobcentre Plus District Manager
Voluntary sector representative
Provider representative
Annual Report
Valuing People Now recommends that all Partnership Boards produce an annual report detailing local progress in the implementation of the strategy. The following details need to be included in the annual report.
1. Name of local authority and Primary Care Trusts
2. Local picture
- Description of area (geographic spread)
- General population.
- Description of population of people with learning disabilities (aged 18 & above) known to services. The information must include gender, ethnic origin, etc.
- People with learning disabilities in the criminal justice system.
-People with learning disabilities detained under the Mental Health Act.
-Specific needs highlighted.
-Planned & commissioned services for people with learning disabilities.
3. Partnership Boards arrangement
-frequency of meeting
-sub-groups
-overall structure
-number of members & breakdown according to gender, ethnicity, family carers, etc.
4. Overall budget for adults with learning disabilities across health & social care.
5. Health of people with learning disbilities.
6. Where people live eg. own home , residential, etc.
7.Provider market.
8.employment.
9. Advocacy & leadership.
10. Family carers.
11. Parents with learning disabilities.
12. transition.
13. Personalisation.
14. Workforce development.
.15. Hate crime.
16. Quality assurance & monitoring.
17. Commissioning services used by people with disabilities.
18. Future plans & targets.
19. Key success or best practice.
The Annual Report has to be signed off by
- The Chair of Partnership Board
- Co-chair of Partnership Board
- A member with a disability
- A family carer
Disability Sports Development, KCC
Paul Panton (head of Sports Devlopment for Disabled People) and his staff have been working hard to improve sporting facilities for people with learning disabilities.
They are looking for more funding to provide different types of sports and employ more sports coordinators.
Day Centre Research
Voice 4 Kent produced a questionnaire which was circulated to people with learning disabilities in day centres. Trevor Sakuringwa and Michael Lane asked people at the day centre various questions.
Most people did not know what Valuing People Now was or where to get easy read material. However most people said they go to the DPG meetings and like the DPG meetings because of the food.
Getting a Life
Sheelagh Smith is running a transition project which helps people that are leaving school with learning disabilities get the life that they want. This could be through employment, day activities etc.
Sheelagh makes links with different organisations to help people get a life.
Review Group
The Review Group is being chaired by Joy Butcher and will consider changes that are needed to make the Kent Partnership Board work better.
An application form has been sent out to attract a person or organisation that can independently review the Kent Partnership Board.
A decision will be made before the end of the year.
NDTi
National Development Team for inclusion.
The NDTi was given the job of reviewing the Partnership Board and District Partnership Groups. We started this in January 2010 and the work will in finish in May. We were asked to look at the way the Board and DPGs work together. We want to ask if they are improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and their families in Kent. We want to find out what works well and what could be better. The NDTi has done this sort of work before. We started in 1976 to help people get their voices heard. We have worked with the government, with local authorities, PCTs and with groups of people with learning disabilities and their carers and families.
This is the Team who will be doing the work for the NDTi in Kent.
Linda Offord
Steve Dowson
John Hersov |
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The Review Group
The NDTI (National Development Team for inclusion) have finished their report on how the Kent Partnership Board works and how it should work in the future. The following things are their recommendations.
1. The Partnership Board and District Partnership Groups are clear about their roles and how they should work.
2. When the Partnership Board has a Cabinet, with elected representatives, to help make sure Valuing People Now happens.
3. The Partnership Board has an annual plan and completes an annual report.
4. The people who come to Board meetings include people with learning disabilities and family carers, and also senior staff from services that need to help make Valuing People Now happen. These include Adult and Children's Social Services, Health services, Employment Services, and Housing.
5. Other partner organisations (like the PCT or Housing) want to know what the Partnership Board thinks of their plans, and are keen to explain them at meetings.
6. The main topic for meetings of the Partnership Board is organised 6 months or 12 months in advance.
7. Some jobs and decisions to do with the Partnership Board are made by the Cabinet, and done quickly and well.
8. Easy to read notes (minutes) from each Board meeting are written and sent out quickly, so that Board members can use them to explain what was discussed at the meeting.
9. Everyone who comes to a Board meeting is able to be involved and share their views.
10. When someone visits a Board meeting or District Group meeting to ask for views about plans or decisions, the choices and reasons are set out clearly, People at the meeting are given a chance to ask questions, talk about what they have heard, and share their views their views with the visitor.
11. Information on the Internet about the Partnership Board and District Groups is up to date.
12. The Partnership Board and District Groups know what LDDF money is being use to improve services and opportunities in their District, and are able to guide and check up on the work being done.
13. District Groups have talked abotut the topics for each Partnership Board meeting, and decide what they want to say to the Partnership Board.
14. The people who come to District Group meetings include people with learning disabilities, family carers, and a wide range of people who are involved in local communities and services.
15. The District Group meetings include people with learning disabilities who belong to different age groups and ethnic groups, and have different levels and types of disability.
16. Information about District Groups makes it clear that anyone who wants to work to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities and family carers is welcome to come to meetings.
17. Information about District Groups makes it clear that people who have difficulties communicating in meetings will be given help. And this help is given.
18. People who come to District meetings have made a free choice to be there.
19. There is at least one Speaking Up group in each District, with good links to the District Group.
20. Some members of the District Group go out to talk with groups of people with learning disabilities and family carers, to find out what they want to say to the District Group about their experiences and services.
21. People with learning disabilities and carers are supported to be involved in meetings because they are held at the right times or in the right places.
22. Each Delivery Group has been told clearly by the Partnership Board how it needs to work to help make Valuing People Now happen, and how it will tell the Board what it has been doing.
23. Each Delivery Group has terms of reference and an annual action plan.
24. Each Delivery Group has thought about the kinds of people who need to be involved in its work, and made sure those people are involved.
25. Each Delivery Group has sent information to the District Groups that explains in clear practical ways how the District Group can help the Delivery Group achieve it's plan. |
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Involving People During a Time of Change. By Nick Sherlock.(Head of Planning and Public Involvement)
There have been lots of changes.
In area's like Direct Payments Personal Budgets, Self-Directed Suppoyt, Valuing People Now Carer's Strategy.
How are Kent County Council.
Kent County Council are holding consultation with carers and people with Learning Disabilities.
Priorities for the Future
Kent County Council are working in partnership with
People who use ther services
Members of the Public
Carer's
Local organisation
Kent County Council want to give better information and advice to everyone. Provide choice, control and independance through Self- Directed Support and Personal Budgets. Provide support to keep people.....Independent,Health and Support.
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Kent Partnership Board Update meeting on Thursday 21st January 2010 By Michael Lane & Steven Dawson |
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Learning Disability Development Fund
The Kent Partnership Board agreed to use the learning disability development fund on the following action groups in 2010 to 2011.
Personalisation, Family Carers, Good Health Group, Housing, Employment, Hate Crime, Workforce, Disabled Children and Young People, Transition- Getting a Life
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Valuing Employment Now in Kent
Real jobs for people with learning disabilities
Celebrating Success!!
We are inviting you to join us when we launch two really important things in Kent.
. Draft delivery plan for Valuing Employment Now- how we will make sure that more people with learning disabilities get and keep jobs. We will be asking for your views on this plan.
. Graham Gibbens (Cabinet Member for Adult Social Services) and Margaret Howard (Director of Commissioning and Provision for West Kent Adult Social Services) will be helping to launch the Kent Jobs Action Group's new film. This film shows that everybody can work with the right information and the right support.
The launch will be on the Wednesday 23th June at: Ramada Jarvis Maidstone Hotel, Hollingbourne, Maidstone kent ME17 1RE
The event will start at 11am and close at 3pm and people can register from 10:30am. Lunch will be provided.
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Involving People Nick Sherlock Head of Planning and Public Involvement
The following are important things that Adult Social Services Wants to work on in the next year.
* Working in Partnership: People who use KCC Services, Members of the public, Carers, Local organisations.
* Providing Better Information, and advice.
* Increasing the number of people with Self Directed Support and Personal Budgets.
* Support to keep people: Independent, Healthy and Safe
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General Election Special
All the Joint Chairs of the District Groups voted to have Margaret Howard ( Director of Commissioning & Provision for Learning Disabilities) to support the Joint Chair of the Kent Partnership Board. Stephen Chapman.
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Leadership Group
The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities will work with Voice 4 Kent to deliver two programmes which will help development leadership. There will be ten sessions in each programme, 10 days in East Kent (All in Ashford at International House) and 10 days in West Kent. The people who are involved in Ashford are: Trevor Sakuringwa, Michael Lane, Steven Dawson.
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click here to meet the Joint chairs
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Trevor Sakuringwa (Development Officer)
On the 20th of August 2008 Trevor was employed to manage the ADPG's projects. In addition he is responsible for promoting and encouraging more people to join the ADPG. He also holds a degree in Accounting and Finance. Furthermore Trevor is an active volunteer for a Find a Voice charity as well as Company Sectretary for the Ashford Ld CIC.
Moreover he passionately believes in improving the lives of people with a learning disability because he as a brother with a learning disability.
Administration Assistant
The Ashford District Partnership Group is pleased to announce that Nicola Wells is the new Administration Assistant. Nicola Wells has a learning disability and she has been working for 10 years as a volunteer in a Charity Shop. Her responsiblities are to help the Development Officer run projects and take care of the administration work in the office.
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Our new Planning and Decision Making Group
A new group was elected at the meeting held on 29th February'08.
The group consists of:
A county councillor,
Joint Chairs
Five people with a learning disability
The manager from the Ashford Day Centre
The Team leader from Adult Services
The Shadow Chair
A local community group leader
A member of the voluntary sector
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Newsletter February 2010.pdf |
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Launch of the Helpline during Learning Disability Week.
A helpline to provide information and support for learning disability related enquires, is a partnership project with the Volunteer Centre in Ashford and the District Group. We are collecting names of volunteers to help with receiving calls on a rota basis.
Steven spoke to sarah from kmfm radio Ashford District Partnership group work also the helpline information and giving the Numbers people can call.
helpline numbers, we look forward to hearing from you.
01233 612430 |
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General Information |
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If you would like to find out more about what is going on for people with learning disabilities in Ashford, please get in touch with us. Please click here
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