1. Learning Disability Partnership Board Choice and Control - update (LD Strategy 2011 – 2014) Doris Sheridan – October 2013 Learning Disability - People Group

2. LD Strategy Action Plan - refresh 2013 Choice and Control 1.Developing Personal Budget amounts for individuals: People with a Learning Disabilities are now being assessed more quickly - (receiving a more responsive service) The Direct Payments Support Team helps to support people by visiting and explaining the benefits of having a Personal Budget. The new Adult Disability Quality Assurance Panel has an oversight of this personalisation process. (The panel will be reviewed in January 2014). Add picture of one to one meeting Add picture of form or person with happy face Add picture of a panel of people

3. 2. Access to the right information, advice and support 6 X Community hubs have now opened across Warwickshire to provide advice and support about services. The hubs have been reviewed. Add picture of building Add picture of person with clipboard Choice and Control

4. 3. Talk to providers to help them develop the market There was a providers meeting on 19 th September about opportunities to develop Supporting Living. The event was well attended. Tendering opportunities will start in November, and be awarded in April 2014 WCC staff also attend the Providers Forum. These happen every two months, to talk about the market for LD services. Market facilitation provider workshops have also been arranged. These are on-going. Add a picture of lots of people meeting Choice and Control

5. 6. Everyone including new customers offered Personal Budgets All new customers and those being reviewed are being offered Personal Budgets, resulting in an increase in the number of people receiving their own Personal Budget. The Quality Assurance panel meets weekly to consider all new assessments and reviews to ensure that everyone is offered a personal budget. Staff have been given training about Personal Budgets. Choice and Control Add picture of money

6. 6.Have quality and performance standards The Peer Review Programme is being developed. People with LD will be reviewing services from April 2014. These peer reviewers are to be built in to the contract monitoring process – so people with LD will have a say in which services are performing the best, and areas where they could improve. Choice and Control Add pic of person with a clip board or person ticking form.