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Learning Disability Partnership Board

Learning Disability Partnership Board. 13 March 2013 Models of Supported Living Tim Willis ‘A Place to Live’ Update. Background. Few people with LD have choice and control over where and who they live with 10,000+ people with LD 1000+ people receiving services

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Learning Disability Partnership Board

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  1. Learning Disability Partnership Board 13 March 2013Models of Supported Living Tim Willis ‘A Place to Live’ Update

  2. Background • Few people with LD have choice and control over where and who they live with • 10,000+ people with LD • 1000+ people receiving services • 300+ people living in res care • People with LD have told us they prefer supported living to residential care • High level of people are living with elderly carers or relatives

  3. Current Position • We need to change balance • Housing with care suitable for people with LD is still limited • Some areas have no Supported Living • Partnerships with District and Borough Housing teams continuing to grow • Working with Housing Associations and Private Landlords • Delivery of Care and Choice Programme

  4. How services will be delivered • Single Tenders • Housing Partnership Framework - if appropriate to lifestyle • Reshaping Residential Care Services, i.e. De-Registration! • Remodelling Sheltered Housing • Current Housing stock • Working with Independent Sector

  5. So what do we want • Enable customers to live independently • Understanding of life history • Assistance with rehabilitation • Range of preventative services • Flexible and responsive services • Develop, Improve and Maintain Quality of Life • Involvement/Interface with Wider Community • Housing Related Support

  6. What have we got?

  7. Kingston House and others • Available since September 2011 • Part of Bede Village in Bedworth • 10 new one-bedroom flats • Care and support available 24/7 • Use of other on site facilities and to come • Stratford Road, Shipston (10 x flats) • Nuneaton (16 x flats)

  8. Extra Care Housing Schemes for 55+ now open at: • Briar Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon • Farmers Court, Rugby • Rohan Gardens, Warwick Building soon under way at: • Leamington • Bedworth • Mancetter • Hillmorton, Rugby

  9. What’s coming up

  10. Following 2011 tender Two specific sites: • Wharf Street, Warwick (15 x flats) • Rear of Bidford Fire Station (9 x flats) • Member consultations progressed • Public consultation progressed • Planning consent and/or applications in place • More sites to follow • What does it look like?

  11. Bidford - View from the Courtyard

  12. Bidford - View from the Garden

  13. Typical Apartment Plan

  14. Bidford - View of Street Frontage

  15. Bidford - View of Play Area Frontage

  16. Wharf Street, Warwick - Overview

  17. Conclusion • Maximise independence • Increase individual choice and control • Meet care and support needs effectively • Develop new services and… • Use what we already have… • 7 site tender coming up in the Spring!

  18. Contact details: Email or telephone: timwillis@warwickshire.gov.uk 01926 745140 or 07786 171437

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