Future of the Partnership Board

• The Board asked for a working group to look at the future of the Board

• People were worried about– Too many meetings– Not enough professional people

attending– Not enough work being finished– Local Groups not talking about

local issues

• Over the last few months we have been talking to lots of different people about making changes to the way the Partnership Board works.

• These included the local groups, co-chairs, carers, reps and other members of the Board

What People thought

• Not clear who we report to• Too many meetings, over 60 per

year• Lots of organisations have changed

but the Board has stayed the same• The Local Groups do not always

get a chance to discuss local issues• Some important people do not

attend Board

What do we need to change?

• Who the Partnership Board reports to and who the Partnership Board is linked to

• The number of times the Partnership Board meets

• The people who are involved

Where the Partnership Board fits

Joint Integrated Commissioning Board

• This will be a new Board that will decide which services to buy for Health and Social Services

• It will look at how Health and Social Services can work together to save money

• It will talk about how things can be done together to provide better services to patients and service users

Transitions ProgrammeThis looks at how Northamptonshire County Council can improve services for young disabled people

Providing a smooth move through children’s and adult services

The Partnership Board needs to link to the Transitions Programme to help them make the right decisions. The Partnership Board needs to help them do things

Personalisation ProgrammeThis looks at how Northamptonshire County Council can make Adult Social Care services personal to each person

The Partnership Board needs to help them to make the right decisions by being involved

The Partnership Board will help them to do things

One HealthIt meets to talk about the health of people with Learning Disabilities in Northamptonshire

There is a plan to improve the health and access to health services for people with learning disabilities. The plan is called the Better Healthcare Plan.

The One Health Group makes sure that the Plan happens and that people do what they say they will do

The Board will meet 4 times a year to make sure everything is happening and to check things are done

It will have have an Away Day to set the Annual Plan

We would plan the dates for the year so that people know when the meetings are and can make sure they can come

We have 4 Co-Chairs. They are:A person with Learning Disabilities, a family

carer and reps from Social Services and Health

The Social Services and Health reps are a link to those organisations

The Learning Disability and family carer reps have an equal role running the Partnership Board

• People asked how the Co-Chairs are chosen

• The Social Services and Health Co-Chairs get the role with their job in their organisation, so the person can change

• The other Co-Chairs were interviewed and recruited

• They do not change unless they want to

• This means that other people do not get a chance to be the Learning Disability Co-Chair or the family carer Co-chair

• To give other people a chance, we could change this to a 3 year term

• People would still be interviewed for the roles

• Anyone can apply including the existing co-chairs

What the Partnership Board is here to doMake sure that the money spent on services for people with a learning disability and family carers is spent properly and on things that are good quality

We will do this by:- Making sure organisations do what they said they would do By checking services By helping to change services

Be consulted and involved about big plans or changes that will affect people with learning disabilities and for family carers

We will do this by:- Being a strong voice for people with Learning Disabilities and listening to people at Community Groups By Local Champions talking to people with Learning Disabilities in their community

Make sure that everything that is written down in the Board Annual Plan is happening in Northamptonshire

We will do this by:- Having working groups who will carry out the work Develop action plans for the community groups Involving everyone in doing this Support from the Association to help find money

In Groups

What is good about these ideas?

What would make it better?

Have we left anything out?

• Yes

• No

• Don’t know

Do you agree the Partnership Board should report to the Joint

Commissioning Board?

Do you agree with the Board meeting 4 times a year and an

Away Day?• Yes

• No

• Don’t Know

Do you agree with the Self advocate and carer Co-Chairs

having a 3 year term?• Yes

• No

• Don’t Know

Changing our Local Groups

Over the past few months, we have been talking to lots of different people about making changes to the way the Local Partnership Groups work. We talked to people about this at the local groups meetings.

We want to change things so that more people with learning disabilities have their voices heard.

Today we need to talk about some of the changes we want to make to the local partnership groups. We want to hear what you think about our ideas.

What the groups told us“We want to talk about local things”

“We want a chance to chat with our friends and meet new people”

“We want to speak to the people with learning disabilities who don’t come to the meetings”

Some groups want to join together to see their friends in other areas and work on things together

Here are our ideasWe think we should change the 7 local partnership groups. Instead we will set up 2 groups. 1 in the North, and 1 in the South.

The groups will meet 4 times a year and an Away Day

The meetings will be longer

The groups will meet in different areas in the county each time

Here is how it would work...

NorthMeet in Kettering

Meet in Corby

Meet in Wellingborough

Meet in East Northants

SouthMeet in Northampton

Meet in Daventry

Meet in South Northants

Meet in Northampton

We would plan the dates for the whole year so people know where and when the meetings are.

This will give plenty of time to sort transport out with day centres and supporters.

What people said...

More people will come if there are less meetings

We will get to see different people from other areas

Some groups are too small, so joining up will be better

What people said...It will be better for professionals

It will be good for meeting new people

Better use of time and money

What people wanted us to think about .....

Need to make sure people know when the meetings are

Work with day services to get people there

Some people will struggle to get there on the bus

Setting the AgendaWe want to change the agenda. The agenda is the list of things we are going to talk about and do in the meeting.

We want to change it to make sure people get what they want from the meetings. We also want to be able to talk about local things.

Here is what the agenda might look like...

10:30 Coffee and a chat

11:00 Things from the partnership board

12:00 Lunch – Bring your own lunch, we will bring tea and coffee

12:30 Presentation from an organisation about a local issue and group discussion

1:30 Local problems and ideas from the group

2:00 Meeting ends

What people said about the agenda...

We want lots of different speakers with information

Important to have fun during the breaks

It will be good to have a longer meeting

What people said we should think about....

People should be able to put things on the agenda

Have activities to help people get to know each other

Make sure the meeting is near a shop in case people forget their lunch

Local ChampionsWe want people with learning disabilities to apply to become local champions for their area. There will be 7 local champions.

They will go to lots of different places and talk to other people with learning disabilities in between the meetings.

They will find out about what other people think, and about what is good or bad in their area.

They will report back on this at the new local meetings and at the Partnership Board.

They will be supported to do this work by partnership board staff or a mentor. A mentor is a volunteer who wants to support the local champion.

We still want family carer reps and community reps. The family carers and community reps can apply to be mentors

We will use the money we have to support the local champions and mentors

What people said...

It will be good to hear from all the people who don’t come to meetings

Local champions can tell people about the meetings

Local champions are an excellent idea

What people said...

The champions will have a clear job to do

We can hear from lots more people with learning disabilities

The mentors and champions are a better use of the money

In Groups

What is good about these ideas?

What would make it better?

Have we left anything out?

Do you agree with changing the local groups to 4 meetings per year including meeting people and talking about local things?

• Yes• No• Don’t Know

Do you agree with having one community group in the South and

one community group in the North?• Yes

• No

• Don’t Know

Do you agree with having Local Champions and Mentors who will talk to lots of people

who can’t come to our meetings?

• Yes• No• Don’t Know

The Learning Disability AssociationThis was set up in 2011 because some people thought the Partnership Board would not get any more money and would have to close

The Association had one full meeting of its members (these are the people from the Local Groups)

The rules of the Association says that all members will be paid each time a meeting is held

It costs a lot of money to hold a meeting because everyone wants to be paid

If more meetings were held the money would be spent quickly

Things need to be changed if people want to use the money well

How can this be done?Some people from the Association will be

chosen to look at how to do this on a voluntary basis, this means you will not be paid to attend

Anyone who wants to be part of this should let the Partnership Board staff know by the end of next week

The group will only be small to make sure that they get the work done.

The Co-Chairs of the Association and Partnership Board will decide who should be part of this

The group will talk about the membership and rules

The group will decide what the Association should be there to do

The group will come back and tell the Partnership Board what they think

There will be a special meeting for the members of the Association to vote on the changes