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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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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 Housing
Schemes for 55+ now open at: • Briar Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon • Farmers Court, Rugby • Rohan Gardens, Warwick Building soon under way at: • Leamington • Bedworth • Mancetter • Hillmorton, Rugby
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What’s coming up
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Following 2011 tender
Two 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!
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