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Level 1 - Working In Partnership Why Work in Partnership? The Government has written a report called Valuing People. This report plans to make the lives of people with learning disabilities better. As part of Valuing People, the Government has asked each local council to set up a Partnership Board. We are going to look at what these boards
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Person Centred Planning
The Government's report Valuing People is about setting up support and services around your needs. It should pay attention to all the different areas of your life. (Like your job, your classes, sports, your health and housing) This is called person centred planning. It is a way to help you do the things you want. The most important type of partnerships are between:
- You
- Your family and friends
- The services and projects that offer you support and which offer you the chance to try new things. These could be the local outreach team that supports you to play sport or the community team that supports you to live in your own home.
Working in partnership helps groups to offer services that:
- Work well together
- Can change to fit your needs
- Help you stay in control of your own life.
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Why is it important?
We all have different needs. Different Council Departments, health services and other groups may help us meet these needs. They could be things like:
- Getting support to help you get a job or training
- Help from health services (Like seeing a family doctor, a nurse, an occupational therapist or psychologist)
- Support with things to do in the day time, like going to college, using the leisure centre or using day services
- Support to help you live in your own home.
- Support to get around(Like using buses, trains, minibuses and taxis)
To make Valuing People work for you, all these people, departments, organisations and groups must work together - they need to work in partnership with one another. The Board's job is to watch over services and make sure that they really help local people.
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Who is it for?
Partnership between agencies must involve more than health and social services. It is also about making links with other agencies that can help with key aspects such as housing, transport and employment |
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What kinds of partnership are there?
Working together needs different types of partnerships that involve both people and organisations. These include people with learning disabilities themselves, their family carers, workers, councils, health services, voluntary and independent organisations. Some partnerships are 'formal' and others 'informal'. Formal arrangements usually work within a legal agreement. Informal arrangements are agreed between the partners involved. |
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About Partnership Boards
Valuing People set up Learning Disability Partnership Boards in October 2001. It is their job to oversee and direct the planning and development of services that really help local people. The Board should also make sure that people with a learning disability and carers are able to play a full part in this. This should include people from minority ethnic groups. Independent providers and the voluntary sector should also be fully involved. Link
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Level Two |
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Level 2 tells you more about:
- What is the purpose of partnership working?
- What different types of partnerships are there?
- What are the benefits of working in partnership?
- How do we know where to start?
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