1. Christine Lenehan , Council for Disabled Children
Transition and Preparation for Adulthood
Christine Lenehan , Council for Disabled Children

2. What should the future look like?
Shared responsibility which creates sustainable progress and better life outcomes for young people.
Varied work experience based on skills and interests and leading to paid employment opportunities.
Increased awareness of what is positive and possible.
Choice and control.
Preparing for adulthood from birth.

3. Preparing for Adulthood Outcomes

4. Institutions with new duties

5. Personalise Your Approach – Eleanor’s story
Outcomes:
Develop friendships
To be part of her community
Explore setting up a micro/social enterprise
Improve expressive communication
Personalised Post 16 option and support:
Personal budget from post 16 education and social care pooled and taken as a direct payment;
Team of personal assistants recruited and trained;
Personalised weekly timetable designed to achieve outcomes;
Personal assistants can continue to support Eleanor when she leaves education and eventually moves into supported living.

6. Matthew’s Story Work experience from age 11
Person centred review with PfA focus
Outcomes - Paid employment and to live in his own home
4 planning sessions to support full involvement
Input from Adult Social Care:
Personal Budget?
Enough to pay Job Coach?
Link to Housing Association
Now: Living independently in a job he loves;

7. Ready Steady Go: Moving through the programme
Ready Steady Go: Each Young person (YP) progresses at their own pace
11-12 yrs
YP and carer
Introduced to Ready Steady Go programme
11 – 12 yrs
YP completes Getting Ready
Issues addressed in bite sized pieces. Agree goals
14 – 16 yrs
YP completes Steady for progress.
Issues addressed
In bite sized pieces. Agree goals
16 – 18 yrs
YP completes Go.
Ideally all issues addressed prior to transfer.
On-going issues highlighted to adult services.
1st adult clinic
YP +/- carer completes Hello
Issues addressed. by HCP.
Periodically completed again to ensure skills maintained and any issues addressed. Agree goals
Transition website
part of the communication package- trying to keep it simple and user friendly
majority of transition is generic – links to sex drugs + rock N roll, education, benefits, bullying, psychosocial issues
developing further- sub-specialities creating their own links.
Smooth launch hopefully will result in a smooth landing- nobody wants a crash landing
Preparing the patient for adult services as well as the adults services for the patient.
Important thing is to empower the patient with the skill necessary for a confident successful transfer to adult services regardless of where they go in the country
Carer completes parent/carer questionnaire alongside YP questionnaires. Any Issues addressed. Agree goals
YP with learning difficulties completes as much as possible alongside carer who is YP advocate

8. Contact information and key resources
Delivering support and aspiration for young people aged – learning from the pathfinders –
PfA Fact sheets:
Links between the Children and Families Act 2014 and the Care Act
Personal Budgets for Post-16 Provision and FE Colleges -
The Preparing for Adulthood programme is delivered by a partnership between the NDTi and CDC and offers training, support and resources. This can be accessed through the SEND regional hub or by contacting the programme directly
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9. Next steps
What would help you deliver outcomes like Matthews and Eleanors ? What support/information do you need How can we help ??