Workforce development for people with intellectual disabilities; where we are now & where we go next
Workforce development for people with intellectual disabilities; where we are now & where we go next
A follow on report from the 2016 Kent, Surrey and Sussex Intellectual Disability workforce project report "Workforce development for people with intellectual disabilities: One year on"
A follow on report from the 2016 Kent, Surrey and Sussex Intellectual Disability workforce project report "Workforce development for people with intellectual disabilities: One year on"
Easy Read Summary
Easy Read Summary
April 2018
April 2018
Introduction
Introduction
In 2013 Health Education England was created and became responsible for the training and teaching of the staff that work with you.
In 2013 Health Education England was created and became responsible for the training and teaching of the staff that work with you.
Health Education England started to find out what people with Learning Disabilities and their families wanted from the people that work with you
Health Education England started to find out what people with Learning Disabilities and their families wanted from the people that work with you
We want to make lives better for people with Learning Disabilities
We want to make lives better for people with Learning Disabilities
We also asked the people that work with you what they needed to be able to help people better
We also asked the people that work with you what they needed to be able to help people better
We told everyone how we did this in 2 reports
We told everyone how we did this in 2 reports
This is a an easy read summary version of a new report called "Workforce development for people with intellectual disabilities; where we are now & where we go next"
This is a an easy read summary version of a new report called "Workforce development for people with intellectual disabilities; where we are now & where we go next"
The report
The report
We have written this update report very differently to help make it more useful to people
We have written this update report very differently to help make it more useful to people
The report is only available on the internet, but can be read on you phone or tablet
The report is only available on the internet, but can be read on you phone or tablet
It has less words and more links to other reports and videos explaining things
It has less words and more links to other reports and videos explaining things
There are only 3 sections in this report
There are only 3 sections in this report
What have we done?
What have we done?
The government tells Health Education England every year what they want them to do.
The government tells Health Education England every year what they want them to do.
This year the government said that Health Education England had to "Lead the health system" to change the way people work with you
This year the government said that Health Education England had to "Lead the health system" to change the way people work with you
This means that Health Education England needs to carry on finding out what is the best way to help and support people live a good life, and then make sure that staff know how to do this.
This means that Health Education England needs to carry on finding out what is the best way to help and support people live a good life, and then make sure that staff know how to do this.
Between 2013 and 2017 we only worked across Kent, Surrey and Sussex but shared all our learning with everyone and met lots of people from all over the country
Between 2013 and 2017 we only worked across Kent, Surrey and Sussex but shared all our learning with everyone and met lots of people from all over the country
Other places in England wanted us to help them as well
Other places in England wanted us to help them as well
London asked us to help them for one year between 2017 and 2018
London asked us to help them for one year between 2017 and 2018
We also started to work across the whole of the south of England in 2018
We also started to work across the whole of the south of England in 2018
We now have a full time staff team to help do more work faster
We now have a full time staff team to help do more work faster
During 2018 we have started to work with people with Autism (autistic people) and their families to find out what they want and need from a workforce
During 2018 we have started to work with people with Autism (autistic people) and their families to find out what they want and need from a workforce
Where are we now? and what next?
Where are we now? and what next?
Being able to speak to and hear from different people easily to find out what is working and what we should be doing is very important to us
Being able to speak to and hear from different people easily to find out what is working and what we should be doing is very important to us
By covering the south of England we have been able to get in contact with more people so we can learn and share more information
By covering the south of England we have been able to get in contact with more people so we can learn and share more information
We have been able to support different groups of people to start to find ways to overcome some of the health challenges they told us about in past reports
We have been able to support different groups of people to start to find ways to overcome some of the health challenges they told us about in past reports
When people work with us they have to share all their learning after we have supported them, as well as any tools that they make
When people work with us they have to share all their learning after we have supported them, as well as any tools that they make
The London Health Education England team are planning how they will work after September 2018, but we will continue to look after any work that is already happening and make sure that it is shared with everyone
The London Health Education England team are planning how they will work after September 2018, but we will continue to look after any work that is already happening and make sure that it is shared with everyone
An update on Transforming Care
An update on Transforming Care
Transforming care is a programme of work that the government said needed to happen after a news story called Winterbourne view was shown on television in 2011
Transforming care is a programme of work that the government said needed to happen after a news story called Winterbourne view was shown on television in 2011
Transforming care is all about improving health and care services so that more people can live in the community, with the right support and close to home.
Transforming care is all about improving health and care services so that more people can live in the community, with the right support and close to home.
England was divided up into groups to help make transforming care happen
England was divided up into groups to help make transforming care happen
These groups are made up of people, families, staff and funders who work together in a set area
These groups are made up of people, families, staff and funders who work together in a set area
Health Education England have offered help and are working with the groups to make a plan that tells everyone what people need and want from the people that work with them so that Transforming Care happens
Health Education England have offered help and are working with the groups to make a plan that tells everyone what people need and want from the people that work with them so that Transforming Care happens
Health Education England are also helping the groups in lots of other ways as well
Health Education England are also helping the groups in lots of other ways as well
London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex wrote a strategy in 2017 telling people how their partnerships would make this happen by the end of March 2019.
London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex wrote a strategy in 2017 telling people how their partnerships would make this happen by the end of March 2019.
The images from this report are from:
The images from this report are from:
Health Education England working across the South of England & London
Health Education England working across the South of England & London
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Crawley Hospital, 3rd Floor, Red Wing,
West Green Drive, Crawley, West Sussex.
West Green Drive, Crawley, West Sussex.
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