progressing disability services (pds) aisling becton clinical services manager
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Progressing Disability Services (PDS)
Aisling Becton
Clinical Services Manager
What is PDS?
“The programme… aims to achieve a national unified approach to delivering disability health services, so that there is clear pathway to the services they need for all children regardless of where they live, what school they go to or the nature of their disability or delay”
Why PDS?
Background:
National Reference Group Report (2009) on Multidisciplinary Disability Services for Children aged 5-18 : group convened to examine how to provide disability services in the context of Disability Act and EPSEN
Findings: Gaps in services
Inequity of access
Alignment of services with primary care model
Aims of the programme
Consistent structure across the country
Equity in access to services
Consistency and clarity in service pathways
Use experience of areas where new structure already in place
Organisation of the programme
National Co-ordinating Group to monitor and guide
Regional Co-ordinating Group X 4
Local Implementation Groups with all stakeholders - detailed local plans
Implementation in each local area
Mapping of existing staff
Plan integrated pathway with Primary Care, Network and Specialist levels
Develop Children’s Network Disability Teams and Specialist Services
Reconfiguration of resources into geographically based services
What does this mean for Wicklow/ SCA?
SCA Representation on Wicklow LIG – 3 staff 2 parents
SCA Representation on all subcommittees
DES representation at LIG and subcommittee level
3 network areas identified - Bray Wicklow & Arklow
Centres agreed*
Mapping exercise completed x 2
Staff Training Needs identified
Reconfigured service due to commence 1st January 2016.
Service Pathway for Children with Disabilities or Developmental Delay
Referrers
Primary Care Level
Children’s Specialist Disability Services
Children’s Network Disability
Teams
LEVEL
1
LEVEL
2
LEVEL
3
Criteria: Diagnosis of condition associated with complex needs or complex needs identified by screening reports
Criteria: Children with non-complex needs.
Criteria: Consultation and short term intervention for children who require specialist expertise
Criteria: Children with complex. needs
Network Team- Needs of Child
The Children’s Network Disability Teams will be the main provider of support for children and young people and their families who require a complexity of services and support which should be available through the skill mix within the interdisciplinary network team.
Children with complex needs will receive the majority of supports at Network level but have short term access to Primary Care and Specialist Disability level care pathways where this is appropriate to their needs.
What is a Network Team?
Interdisciplinary team
Reconfigured from those working in disability services
Bring range of skills and experience
Team development needed
Training needs analysis
Sharing of skills and knowledge amongst team and between teams
Children’s Specialist Disability Services
To provide highly specialised expertise that some children require
To support Network teams and Primary Care, who will remain main service provider
Should be clearly demonstrable that these needs cannot be met solely by Primary Care or Network team
Options to consider as to how this specialist team will operate – to be agreed at local level.
How to find out more…
Regular bulletins with news of developments around the country e mailed to SCA staff, circulated to parents.
The HSE Learning and Development website www.hseland.ie You can log in / enrol (you don’t have to be a member of HSE staff) and then click on Practice Development Hubs, the Change Hub (down the page) and select Progressing Children’s Disability Services from the Projects and initiatives section (on the top line)
All supporting documentation and bulletins available there. You can also contact Caroline Cantan, National Project Lead with
queries or comments by e-mail :