Valuing People Now Partnership Structure

1. Valuing People Now Partnership Structure Dee Watson Linda Bailey Linda Chapman Sam Holman Zoe Davies

2. Kent Partnership Board and DPG’s We are going to talk about Kent Learning Disability Partnership Board and the District Partnership Groups • Where we are now • Where we need to be • And what might help us to get there

3. There have been many official reports that effect Partnership Boards Valuing People (March 2001) Valuing People Now (Jan 2009) Partnership Board Guidance (Oct 2009) Review of Kent Learning Disability Partnership Board (April 2010) Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS (July 2010) Bold Steps for Kent and Change to Keep Succeeding. (Oct 2010)

4. Regional Government KCC Cabinet Strategic Health Authority Learning Disabilities Strategic Commissioning Board Kent Learning Disability Partnership Board Kent PCT’s KASS SMT Mainstream NHS Services Section 75 Governance Group East & Coastal Kent PCT KASS Area’s Specialist NHS LD Services Localities Integrated Teams District Partnership Groups Current Governance

5. Good Health Group Personalisation Family Carers Transition - Getting a Life Disabled Children and Young People Housing Employment Workforce Hate Crime Partnership Board, DPG, Delivery Groups Dartford DPG Canterbury DPG Dover DPG Gravesend DPG Ashford DPG Kent Partnership Board (Learning Disability) Maidstone DPG Tunbridge- Wells DPG Sevenoaks DPG Tonbridge DPG Thanet DPG Shepway DPG Swale DPG

6. Support/Development workers • 11 People are employed to support DPG’s • They work for 7 different organisations or are self employed • People are paid different wages • Some people do similar jobs • But some people have very different jobs

7. Current Costs of the Partnership Board and DPG’s

8. The Government says: The Partnership Board is there to make sure the things in Valuing People Now happen. • The Partnership Board review said: • The Partnership Board should • Bring partners together • Make sure they can talk and work together • Decide what needs to happen to make the lives of people with learning disabilities better

9. Guidance issued as part of Valuing People Now suggests Partnership Board membership as below • Director of Adult Social Services • Chief Exec of PCT • Local Authority Members • Non-Exec Director of PCT • People with learning disabilities • Family carers of people with learning disabilities • Head of Commissioning • Ass. Director Children’s Services • Strategic Housing Lead • Jobcentre Plus District Manager • Voluntary Sector Representation • Provider Representation

10. The review said… Local Groups (DPG’s) are NOT • Speaking upor self-advocacy groups. • Social groups. • Part of a day service programme. • Service providers. 

11. The review of the partnership board said…. Local Groups (DPG’s) are there to • Make sure Valuing People Now happens in Kent • Make sure that the Partnership Board listens to people with learning disabilities and their families at a local level • Find out what is happening locally and reporting that back to the Board • Be actively involved locally • Support the work of delivery groups to make sure • things happen. (Housing, Health, Jobs, etc) 

12. Proposed model

13. Local Networks People with learning disabilities Families and carers DPG’s Community Local Developments

14. VPN Cabinet Initial proposal (DRAFT) People with learning disabilities Families and carers Partnership Board Health Housing Personalisation Citizenship Transition Employment Community

15. Things we need to do • Dissolve LD Strategic Board • Make sure that KCC and NHS continue to work together • Link Kent LD Partnership Board to Kent Partnership (via the Health & Wellbeing Board)

16. Timetable • Present to Kent Partnership Board (January 2011) • Request that Cabinet Group oversee changes (January 2011) • Look to tender for support for local networks (DPG’s) – (February to April 2011) • Reshape Partnership Board (July 2011) • Reshape Governance (July 2011) • New structure in place (August 2011)