Agenda item

The committee will be conducting short review of Learning Disabilities services at this meeting. This is in the early stages of a change process.

The item will bring together people with Learning Disabilities, parents and carers, social workers, managers and service providers.

It will begin with a presentations from social workers & officers who commission services; this will be followed by a question and answer session.  The meeting will then hear from service users & families and then receive a presentation from a provider. The meeting will then move into a discussion on small tables using the café conversations/ World Café format.

A  SOUTHWARK COUNCIL – commissioners & practitioners

1.  Presentation from senior social worker giving a  practitioner & operational viewpoint

·  Jay Stickland, Director of Adult Social Care, Children's and Adults' Services

·  Kerry Rabey, Service Manager Learning Disabilities and Transitions, Children's and Adults' Services

·  Bill Wright, Social Worker, Children's and Adults' Services

2.  Presentation from commissioners providing an overview of provision

·  Genette Laws,  Director of Commissioning, Children's and Adults' Services

·  James Postgate,  Commissioning Manager, Children's and Adults' Services

With Layla Davidson , Senior Commissioning Officer, & Sarah Bullman, Contract Monitoring Support Officer, contributing to Q & A – as needed.

Presentation in supplemental agenda

B  SERVICE USER  & FAMILIES VOICE

1.  Alex, with key worker , discussing Alex’s new day opportunities.

Presentation tabled.

2.  Santiago, a service user, will be share their journey with us, by showing a video of his journey. The video can be accessed here :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtm0KksoEyk  Since the time of the video  Santiago has moved into independent accommodation . He will also be speaking briefly for  5 minutes, supported by Aurora 

3.  Tony & Faye - brother & sister of Debbie Howard, service user.

Tony will briefly verbally  present with Bill Wright, social work manager.

C  PROVIDER

Optima Care Shine London, Lynsey Robertson, Director of Development.  www.optimacare.co.uk 

Presentation tabled.

D  WORLD CAFÉ

With refreshments served, and facilitated by committee members:

·  What is important to service users? ( outcomes, support need)

·  What do people like about the present services?

·  What could be better?  ( what challenges are people facing in services and in peoples lives)

The chair invited the following officers to give  a practitioner & operational viewpoint:

•  Jay Stickland, Director of Adult Social Care, Children's and Adults' Services

•  Kerry Rabey, Service Manager Learning Disabilities and Transitions, Children's and Adults' Services

•  Bill Wright, Social Worker, Children's and Adults' Services

This was followed by a presentation from commissioners providing an overview of provision:

•  Genette Laws,  Director of Commissioning, Children's and Adults' Services

•  James Postgate,  Commissioning Manager, Children's and Adults' Services

(with Layla Davidson , Senior Commissioning Officer, & Sarah Bullman, Contract Monitoring Support Officer)

Next the meeting heard from services users :

·  Alex’s key worker, with Alex present, discussed Alex’s new day opportunities,  with reference to the presentation tabled.

·  Santiago, a service user, shared  his journey with us, by showing a video of with questions answered by his key worker, Aurora:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtm0KksoEyk

 Since the time of the video  Santiago has moved into independent accommodation .

·  Tony & Faye - brother & sister of Debbie Howard, service user, with input from Bill Wright, social work manager spoke about her new care arrangements following her move out of Queens Road. Debbie has a bespoke day care arrangement . Her brother and sister considered this a better arrangement and also that it would provide long term continuity and security  as her main carers, Debbie’s parents, age and become less able to look after her. There is capacity for Debbie to be joined by someone else which would reduce costs.

The meeting then heard from a provider:

·  Optima Care Shine London, Lynsey Robertson, Director of Development.  www.optimacare.co.uk  spoke to a presentation tabled.

The meeting then moved onto tables to discuss the following points in World Café style , facilitated by committee  members :

•  what is important to service users? ( outcomes, support need)

•  What people like about the present services?

•  What could be better?  ( what challenges are people facing in services and in peoples lives)

RESOLVED

It was agreed that the chair would write a letter summarising the session deliberations (enclosed with the minutes) and send this to the lead cabinet members and directors.