Children’s Integrated Disability Service Stakeholder Briefing

1. Children’s Integrated Disability ServiceParent & Family Forum BriefingTuesday 18th November 2008, Welcome Hall, Plymouth

2. Children’s Integrated Disability ServiceStakeholder Briefing Edith Bayley Chair of Parent Reference Group

3. Project Drivers: Why should Plymouth do this? • Optimist • Ease of access • Simplify the process • Work together to pull information and resources

4. Delivering Change: The Journey Maggie Carter Assistant Director for Children’s Services Learner & Family Support

5. Plymouth Children’s Integrated Disability Service • Plymouth’s Vision for Children and Young People: ‘We want all our children to live, grow, achieve and exceed in their hopes for the future’ • The Children’s Integrated Disabilities Service is committed to turning this vision into reality by working in partnership with service users to deliver a single point of access for children and young people with a disability up to the age of 18 years • The Disability Discrimination Act defines disability as follows: ‘a person has a disability for the purposes of this act if he has a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term adverse effect on his ability to carry out normal day-today activities’

6. The journey so far… • In the beginning was David Forrest and many of you • Service Manager, Jo Siney, appointed • Project organisation established • 10 work streams and leads identified • PCC teams • Communication and Interaction Team • Sensory Impairment Service • Early Years Inclusion Service • Occupational Therapy • Social Workers • Special Services Team • Line Management by Jo, reporting to Maggie Carter, Assistant Director, Learner & Family Support • PCC budgets brought together

7. Work completed on the “project to integrate” • Single Point of Contact (‘SPOC’) • integration of OT Service • engagement with parents via Parents Reference Group • Engagement with children and young people • Engagement with staff • Sought premises • All whilst....working on service delivery and “business as usual” • Aiming High / Short Breaks • equipment budget • OT support for educational settings

8. The Onward Journey • We believe an Integrated Disability Service is the best way to support families • We are going to develop an Integrated Service • We don’t have all the details of how • We need you and parents and service teams to be with us and help us… because We are all committed to improving the lives of children and young people with disabilities

9. Supporting the Journey • Children and Young People’s Trust Board • Executive Committee • CIDS Project Board (Chaired by Maggie Carter) • Project Manager (Liz Murray) • CIDS Parent Reference Group • Workstream Groups • CIDS Managers Group

10. Managing the Organisation David Forrest Manager of the Children’s Integrated Disability Service (Acting)

11. Key Benefits of Integration • Single Point of Contact • Better information for families • Integrated assessment and care planning • Key-working • Coordinated reviews • Improved transitions • Better use of resources across the city

12. Managing the Project Liz Murray Project Manager

13. Q&A

14. Close