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People Group Learning Disability Partnership Board 13 March 2013 Models of Supported Living Tim Willis ‘A Place to Live’ Update
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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Learning Disability Partnership Board
13 March 2013Models of Supported Living
Tim Willis
‘A Place to Live’ Update
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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
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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
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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
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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
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What have we got?
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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)
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Extra Care HousingSchemes for 55+ now open at:•Briar Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon•Farmers Court, Rugby•Rohan Gardens, WarwickBuilding soon under way at:•Leamington•Bedworth•Mancetter•Hillmorton, Rugby
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What’s coming up
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Following 2011 tenderTwo 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?
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Bidford - View from the Courtyard
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Bidford - View from the Garden
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Typical Apartment Plan
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Bidford - View of Street Frontage
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Bidford - View of Play Area Frontage
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Wharf Street, Warwick - Overview
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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!
