|
 |
Northamptonshire Learning Disability Partnership Board
|
 | |
|
|
|
Menu
Who We Are
Our Meetings
Work Groups
Local Partnership Groups
Carers
Self Directed Support
Towards 2010
Getting a Life
News
LD Newsletter
Accessible Documents
Regional Programme Board
Talk to Us
Links
Help |
 Our News
|
|
My home, My say
To help us Create the Learning Disability Housing Plan for Northamptonshire we have set up a project website. This can be found at:-
www.myhomemysay.co.uk
You can click on this picture to go to the website
We are using the website to help us to :-
* Help people follow & join in what is happening to make the Plan
* Help the people making the plan share information with each other, &
* Help those who with Housing issues find some support or information
The last part will get bigger as the project goes on
Using The Website
If you are interested in keeping informed about what is happening please go on the website and register, and have a good look around.
Also if you, or someone you know, needs help with housing or wants to share their experience of finding a place to live then please go to the 'Message Board' (our forum) and have your say or ask a question.
If you want to join in the making of the plan you can see what is happening in the project groups in the 'Meetings & Groups' area or just contact Marion Turner on 01604 237180 or email mturner@myhomemysay.co.uk
|
|
We can work it out
Here is the final plan about employment for people with learning disabilities in Northamptonshire
Click here to read the plan
|
|
Sharing Knowledge Together 2010
FREE TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS / CARERS
The course that Parents in Partnership ran in 2009 for family carers was such a success that a second course is being organised for 2010. If you would like to:
- Feel confident in asking for support and have more say in your loved one’s care
- Meet other people and share experiences
- Be able to campaign and advocate for a better future for people with a learning disability in Northants
Then this is for you!
Click here to read the flyer and find out more
|
|
LDPB Annual Report 2009-10
The Annual Report tells you all about the things that we did from April 2009 to March 2010, it tells you the things we did well and the things that we did not do so well.
Click here to read the Full Report
Click here to read the Easy Read Report
|
|
New documents from the Department of Health
The Department of Health have released some new documents to help us acheive the objectives of Valuing People Now
Click here to read the Valuing People Now Delivery Plan 2010-11
Click here to read Valuing Older Families Now
Click here to read Personalisation Through Person Centred Planning
|
|
Draft Learning Disability Partnership Board Plan 2010-11
Click here to read the draft plan for 2010-11
Please phone Dawn Crawford on 01536 532887 if you have any comments about the plan.
|
|
Northamptonshire Learning Disability Local Partnership Groups
Voting Results for New Representatives
|
Elected Members with Highest Votes |
|
|
Self Advocate |
Parent/Family Carer |
Other |
|
Corby |
Alan Meakins |
No nominations |
Chris Ball |
|
Daventry |
Curtis Best |
New nomination needed × |
Sharon Best |
|
East Northants |
Richard Sherratt |
No nominations |
John Goldsworthy |
|
Kettering |
Maisie Plumb |
Jackie Withington |
Kasey Dean |
|
Northampton |
Dave Matthews |
Sharon Tansley and Suzanne Palmer (role share) |
Nick Cummings |
|
South Northants |
Matthew Wilson |
Janet Wilcox |
Charmaine Berry |
|
Wellingborough |
Michael Kearns |
Christine Davies |
No nominations |
|
× Jenny Riley was voted in but had to decline because she is unable to attend any of the Board meetings. |
A very big thank you to all the following nominees:
Ruth Pinny, Angela Still, John Welsh, Dawn Bell, Melanie Sadler, Laurie Denton, Michelle Regosa
A very special thank you to the following people for their valued support to the new nominees and their assistance to Ashley and Rosario during the voting process:
Alex Bell, Craig Hart and Andrew White from the Northamptonshire Learning Disability Partnership Board and Ian Davies from the East Midlands Regional Board.
Ashley and Rosario are delighted to announce membership for all 7 groups has reached over 200 and we hope you will all help us to find the remaining four representatives needed and bring more local people to our groups.
Below is the list of times, dates and venues for the April meetings. It is important to be there for the first reading of the Board Papers and to plan what you want your Representatives to bring back to the Board. We will talk about best times, days and places to meet and this is your chance to have your say.
|
|
Short Breaks Review
Health and Social Care have agreed to work together with
people with learning disabilities and their families to look at
short break opportunities in Northamptonshire (some people call
this respite care)
- We would like to start this work soon and finish by June 2010
- We need to find out what people want
- We need to make sure there is good information so people can choose what they want
We need people with a learning disability and family carers to help with this work.
- People who can come to a meeting once a month in March, April, May and June
- People who can tell us their experiences
- People who have good and interesting ideas about what they want
The first meeting will be held on 23rd March at Shire Lodge 10am – 12.30pm.
If you are interested in being part of the review group
or need further information please contact Kay King
Telephone: 01604 237218
Email: kaking@northamptonshire.gov.uk
|
|
New on the Personalisation Website
There is a variety of new information on the East Midlands Personalisation website
The link to the website is:
http://www.dhcarenetworks.org.uk/EastMidlandsPersonalisation
New information is:
Presentations from the User Led Organisation and Local Authorities:
Putting People First Together events -
http://www.dhcarenetworks.org.uk/Personalisation/Regions/EastMidlands/Workstreams/ULO/
Presentations from the Impower workshop on Social Capital -
http://www.dhcarenetworks.org.uk/Personalisation/Regions/EastMidlands/Workstreams/consultancy/
Some national information on Person Centred Planning -
http://www.dhcarenetworks.org.uk/Personalisation/Regions/EastMidlands/Workstreams/otherprogrammes/PCP/
Information on a national LINk campaign -
http://www.dhcarenetworks.org.uk/Personalisation/Regions/EastMidlands/Workstreams/otherprogrammes/Links/
Latest minutes and Terms of Reference from the Workforce & Training
Group -
http://www.dhcarenetworks.org.uk/Personalisation/Regions/EastMidlands/Meetings/SDS/workforceDev/
A summary of the feedback on the Impower contract -
http://www.dhcarenetworks.org.uk/Personalisation/Regions/EastMidlands/Workstreams/consultancy/
A structure chart showing all the Joint Improvement Partnership
Boards and their sub groups -
http://www.dhcarenetworks.org.uk/Personalisation/Regions/EastMidlands/about/
|
|
Valuing People Now Delivery Plan
This document says what Partnership Boards should be doing
 Partnership Board Guidance.pdf
|
|
Final Developing Community Lives Commissioning Plan
Here is the final plan
Developing Community Lives Strategy .pdf
There is more information on the consultation process, if you would like to read this please phone Lisa Judge on 01536 532884
|
|
Dentist and Podiatry Service in Northamptonshire
At the start of the year, Board members raised some concerns about Dentist and Podiatry Services in the County. We have now received responses about this which have been put into an easy read summary.
Click here to read the summary
|
|
Six Lives Audit of Health and Social Care Services
In the summer of 2009, the Partnership Board paid for a person to come and look at our local health and social care services to see how they are doing.
She wrote a report called Six Lives Audit of Health and Social Care Services in Northamptonshire and here it is.
Click here for the full report
Click here for the easy read report
We will use this information and some information we got from our Big Health Check (which Northamptonshire NHS did) and write a plan to make things better in Northamptonshire. When the plan is written we will put it on this website.
|
|
Changing Places in the UK
Changing Places are very important to help people access their community and be active members of society.
A changing place is a toilet for disabled people with a changing bench and a hoist (a system that helps a carer to lift the person). There is lots of space, a non-slip floor and a screen or curtain for privacy
Recently, there have been some new Changing Places installed. Click here to read about them.
Click here to read about the 96 Changing Places there are in the UK
|
|
Easy Read guides to Bowel Screening
This is an easy read guide that tells you what happens at a Colonoscopy
colonoscopy learning disabilities leaflet.pdf
This is an easy read guide that tells you about Bowel Cancer screening
learning disabilities leaflet.pdf
|
|
Easy Read Guide to Deprivation of Liberty
Click here to read the easy read guide about the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) are part of the 2005 Mental Capacity Act and they will be used from 1st April 2009.
Deprivation of Liberty is when someone stops you doing the things you want all the time, this is called being deprived of your liberty. Sometimes people having treatment or care might be deprived of their liberty to keep them safe.
The safeguards only apply to people who lack capacity to give permission for the care or treatment they receive; (this means that they cannot make a decision for themselves)
- And they are over 18
- And receive care in a hospital or registered care home
- And the care they receive deprives them of their liberty
- And they are not kept there under the Mental Health Act
Care homes or hospitals have a requirement by law to apply to the County Council. or Primary Care Trust for permission to allow the deprivation of liberty to take place.
You can contact the Northamptonshire DOLS service to discuss any queries you may have regarding deprivation of liberty issues and to make a referral. The phone number is 01933 220724 and email address is dols@northamptonshire.gov.uk
|
|
Community Service Volunteers Leaflet
Here is a leaflet that tells you about Community Service Volunteers. They can help you make a support plan for a personal budget
CSV Transform customer form.doc
|
|
British Heart Foundation Leaflet
Here is a leaflet that tells you about a booklet and DVD for people with learning disabilities about keeping your heart healthy
BHF_Leaflet.pdf
|
|
Independant Support Brokers
We are looking for Independant Support Brokers to help people decide how they want to change their life.
Click here to read about how you can become a broker |
|
Guide to Human Rights Act
Here is an accessible Guide to the Human Rights Act written for people with Learning Disabilities
human-rights-act-learning-disabilities.pdf
|
|
Teaching people with learning difficulties who are ill how to take care of themselves
Below is a link for the easy read document called - "Looking into a way of teaching people with learning difficulties who are ill how to take care of themselves".
EPPLD executive summary easy read.pdf
|
|
Person Centred Planning
Elaine Cummins, Person Centred Planning Co-ordinator started with us in February 2008. Elaine has done lots of good work already on planning and has a very busy training schedule planned over the coming months
8 Person Centred Planning Facilitators joined Elaine in November to help continue to make Northamptonshire person centred.
Click here to meet the Person Centred Planning Facilitators
If you would like to speak to Elaine about Person Centred Planning, her phone number is 01604 236362 or you can email ECummins@northamptonshire.gov.uk
|
|
|
Accessible Documents Checklist
Belinda Reilly, PCT speech and langauage therapist, has developed an easy read checklist to use when you are making accessible documents, to assess if your work is easy read and will be understood by people with learning disabilities
It is to be used with the communication guidelines they have written and is found at the back of the document.
Click here to read communication guidelines
|