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Community Inclusion
inc. Supported Employment and Day Opportunities
Supporting the development of full community inclusion for individuals through real jobs and supported day opportunities, including people who have complex disabilities. Drawing on extensive work throughout the UK and in Europe the NDT can offer practical, positive developmental strategies, action for change and continuous improvement.
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Community Inclusion
inc. Supported Living
A wide-ranging national and local programme of linked and coordinated activities which will enable Partnerships to develop both their local services, and to play a leading role, with the NDT, in developing, supporting and learning from Supported Living in the UK. The theme will provide opportunities for being a member of the Supported Living Network, job specific learning sets and much more!
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Family Matters
Developing inclusive, local support services for children with learning disabilities and their families including:
- models of good practice at critical points of transition
- enabling children and young people to have a real 'say' in service development
- young person-centred planning
- promoting inclusive responses by communities
- developing 'family service plans'
- developing informal natural circles of support for families
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The Best of Health
Will focus on promoting the need for and implementation of good health and supportive, integrated health services for people with learning disabilities, their families and other carers.
Objectives will include:
- the development of generic primary and secondary health care that is accessible and supportive in practice to all people with learning disabilities and their carers
- prompt integration and collaboration between health and other relevant
services
- to find ways to involve people with learning disabilities in their own health care
- to influence national and regional health care policies to include both the general and specific health care needs of people with learning disabilities
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Keeping People Safe
This theme will support work in your organisation to protect children and adults with learning disabilities from abuse, exploitation and harm. Drawing on our national experience we are keen to work with you to develop supports and system practice which offer safety to the individual without compromising their right and desire to live an inclusive ordinary lifestyle. The theme is particularly interested to develop innovative and individual ways of keeping children and adults with learning disabilities safe from harm as they achieve more independence in inclusive community settings.
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Leadership For Change
This theme recognises that effective and sustained development depends on individual and collective leadership based on shared values, that can hold on to the vision even when the going gets tough!
As well as developing and supporting leadership in organisations, the theme also includes a range of opportunities to develop leadership with parents of children with disabilities and with adults with disabilities to promote genuine partnership in policy development.
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Learning Disability & Mental Health
Identifying what works for people with dual diagnosis
Developing and promoting integrated and holistic responses
Developing access to appropriate mental health services for people with learning disabilities
Supporting people in inclusive community settings
Promotion of strategies for maintaining good mental health and emotional well being
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Ensuring Quality
Ensuring high quality outcomes for individuals through:
- quality review and service evaluation
- valued standards in practice
- programmes for change and continuous improvement
- working effectively with the role of inspection, legislation and regulation in ensuring valued quality outcomes for individuals, sustainability . . . and,
- involving people with learning disabilities to ensure that what may appear to be 'Best Value' - really is!
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2 August 2001
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