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Royal Borough of Greenwich

Learning Disability Partnership Board 5th September 2013

The Woolwich Centre

Who was there

What job they do

Luke Addams Assistant Director – Adults and Older

People Services

Carrie-Ann Beavan MP for Moving On

Co-Chair

Ravinder Binning Assistant to Luke Addams

Clare Crawford Resource Manager – Greenwich

Living Options

Alison Cuffy Service Manager, LD Providers

Bernard Dattadeen Day Opportunities Assistant Resource

Manager

Stephen Denham GAD

Lana Dunnett MP for Choice and Control

Henry Duru Safeguarding Adults Team

Cllr John Fahy Cabinet Member for AOPS

Co-Chair

Alice Francis Advocacy in Greenwich

Debbie Hosten MP for Health

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Eleanor Jones Greenwich Mencap

Sue Kemp Carer Rep

Jackie Laidler Safeguarding Adults Team

Jason McCulloch Lead Commissioner – Learning

Disabilities

Claire Monmirelle Day Opportunities Resource

Manager

Irene Musoke Project Support Officer

Poojanum Nallee Project Support Officer

Gareth Radford Contract Manager – Work Train

Anita Rickard Director - Advocacy in Greenwich

Who said Sorry I Can’t Come

John Auld Joint Service Manager - CLDT

Alun Bayliss Commissioner for Mental Health and

Learning Disabilities – NHS

Greenwich

John Fox Transitions Co-ordinator - CLDT

Kaye Jones Service Manager – Oxleas Day

Services

Avril Martin Carer Rep

Lorraine Mason MP for Jobs

Karen McCaffrey MP for Housing

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Co-Chairs

Carrie-Ann and Cllr John Fahy chaired the meeting.

1. Introductions and Apologies

Carrie-Ann welcomed everyone to the meeting and said

thank you for coming. Everyone introduced themselves.

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2. Minutes of the last meeting

We looked at the minutes of the last meeting

to make sure they were right and to make

sure jobs had been done.

3. Feedback about the 5 priorities and the work

groups

Choice and Control

Lana and John had updated their plan.

Lana will run a workshop about choice and control at the

Citizen Forum and feedback at the next Partnershp Board.

Lana has been helping with a consultation about which

Day Opportunities building should stay open.

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Lana said that the group of people who want to start their

own music group have got their first bit of money towards

setting it up and are appying for more.

The number of people wth a personal budget

is now 63%

Cllr Fahy asked how we make sure people are spending

their personal budgets wisely and had concerns about

how they are managed. Luke said that CLDT would know

the answers and they have a monitoring system in place.

Jobs to do and who will do them

John A to give feedback about how personal

budgets are monitored.

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Health

Debbie said the Health Sub Group is still meeting once a

month getting ready for the joint health and social care

self assessment.

There have been 2 small check up events already and

there will be a Big Check Up Day for everyone on 8th

October 2013.

Cllr Fahy asked if members of the

Partnership Board have been invited

to the Health Watch launch on 12th September and if

anyone with a learning disability is on the Health Watch

committee.

Cllr Fahy suggested Alun looks at how Health Watch can

involve people with a learning disability.

Bernard said that Day Opportunities have been working

with Public Health to do some activities like chair exercise

and walks.

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Jason said there was funding for a person to support GPs

with health checks but that person has now left. Jason said

service providers should be supporting people to go to the

GP. Alun has some ideas about how health checks can be

promoted.

Moving On

Carrie-Ann and John F had met to talk about their Moving

On plan.

The MPs held a Surgery at Charlton Park Academy on 10th

July. Carrie-Ann said the students had lots of questions

about what is out there for them.

Carrie-Ann told everyone about her idea for a Moving On

Forum just for young people to have their

say. Cllr Fahy said the idea for a Moving

On Forum was a good one.

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Cllr Fahy also suggested an event to make people aware

of what opportunities there are for them.

Eleanor suggested working within schools.

Claire M said that the support planners have packs of

information about what is available that could be used.

Luke and Jason suggested that comments should be fed

into the Transition Board. There has been talk already at

the transition board about information packs being put

together.

Cllr Fahy suggested a group getting together to make a

plan in the next few months.

Jobs

Jason said the employment pilot group had met in the

summer to discuss how things were going. Luke had

asked members of the group to write down their thoughts

and ideas and send to him.

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Jason also said that after the Transition Board away day

NDTi (National Development Team for Inclusion) held a

workshop to look at supporting young people into work.

One idea is supported internships.

Cllr Fahy talked about what GLLaB does. Gareth said that

GLLaB have very few vacancies for people with

disabilities. Anita is trying to organise a day with GLLaB to

offer “I’m a Person Too” training.

Jobs to do and who will do them

GLLaB to be invited to a Partnership Board meeting

to talk about organisations that are willing to

support people with a learning disability.

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Housing

Building new homes

Karen did a housing activity at the Citizen Forum about

what people want their home to be like and sent the

feedback to John A.

At the MP Surgery at Charlton Park Academy students

also talked about their ideas for a dream home.

The Council will be building 6 flats in Plumstead. Jason will

be meeting with John A and John F to talk about who

should live there. Viridian will also be building 6 flats in

Abbeywood. All 12 flats should be ready in April 2015.

Benefits

Karen, Lorraine and Jason met in June to

look at how easy it was to get information

about benefits on the internet.

One website called United Response had made an easy

read booklet that Lorraine and Karen shared with the

Womens Group to find out what they thought.

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Lorraine and Karen looked at some other websites and

said that the council and DWP websites were difficult to

use - too many words and no pictures.

There was one website that they thought was good:

www.moneysavingexpert.com/benefit-changes-2013

The council is looking at their website at the moment and

Bernard is looking at updating the accessible information.

4. MP Updates

What the MPS have been doing

since the last meeting:

Carrie-Ann said there had been 2 MP

Surgeries in July. One was at Sherard

Road Day Centre and the other was at

Charlton Park Academy.

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Lana said she had been to a TFL Big

Day to talk about transport.

Citizen Forum Feedback

Debbie and Carrie-Ann talked about the

Citizen Forum they chaired on 5th June 2013.

People could talk about:

Changes to Benefits and Day

Services

Jobs

Bus Days

Friendships and Relationships

5. Carers Report

Sue and Avril would like to be put forward

for the Learning Disabilities Equalities Board.

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The work at the Garden Project has been done and the

service users are looking forward to working with Hadlow

College.

At the carers meetings the focus has been on the closure

of one of the day centre buildings. There are concerns

about having enough staff and people being safe in the

community.

The bids for the respite service have been put in, Sue and

Avril would like to be involved with the interviewing

process.

Sue said they continue to attend the Carers Centre Forum.

6. Future Plans

Councillor Fahy said the Partnership Board

should have an annual plan.

A draft plan should be put together and be talked about

at a future meeting.

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7. Winterbourne View

Jason said the Government has asked

Greenwich Council and the local NHS

to say what they are doing to make

sure people are safe and that services are doing a good

job.

Jason and Alun sent back the questionnaires they had to

fill in and are waiting for feedback.

Jason has been working with Alun on an action plan that

will be shared with the Partnership Board after it has been

talked about at the Joint Commissioning Group.

8. Update on the Francis Report

Jackie and Henry from the

Safeguarding Team did a presentation

about the Francis Report

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9. Learning Disability Self Assessment

Jason said we have been told the SAF

(Self Assessment Framework) will need to

be completed by the end of November.

Jason and Alun in charge of getting it done with

Advocacy in Greenwich helping to make sure people

with a learning disability are involved too.

There will be a big check up event on 8th October at The

Heritage Centre for everyone to have their say about the

SAF.

10. Anything Else

Future agenda items were set.

Safeguarding Team to be invited to more

meetings

Robert Bridgewater to be invited to next meeting to

talk about the Transport review

Dates of the Partnership Board meetings for next year

to be set and sent out.

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Jobs to do and who will do them

All priority plans to be sent to Poojanum

Luke and the MPs to meet to agree a draft plan for

the Partnership Board.

The next Partnership Board meeting will be:

Monday 2nd December 2013

10.00 – 12.00

Woolwich Town Hall – Room 5