Issue - meetings

Officers to update the Scrutiny Commission on the decision to implement the 6 month Enablement Pilot that would enable people with learning and/or physical disabilities attending Council day care services to experience greater community based opportunities.

I attach the presentation that was tabled at the last meeting for your information, together with a briefing note prepared by officers.

I set out below the link that will take you to the papers that were submitted to the Executive and were referred to in the ‘intention to make a decision’.

http://cabinet.council.leicester.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?id=381

The Scrutiny Commission received an update on the roll out of the recent 6 month Enablement pilot, which has been renamed Social Inclusion Service   and the recent decision to roll out the service provided by the Community Inclusion Team.  The pilot had run from September 2012 to March 2013. It was stated that the pilot and had been aimed at people with a learning disability and those with a physical and sensory disability attending the Council’s day care services to look at opportunities for them to attend mainstream community based activities.  The new service was not about replicating day care in the community.  Those taking part in the pilot had demonstrated that they can be part of the community and access culturally appropriate mainstream activities.

The roll out, which was supported by the Learning Disabilities Partnership Board and the Douglas Bader Client Committee, would mean that the team would be able to offer on-going support for individuals and carers and offer everyone in Council day services the opportunity to access the community in a meaningful way. The project would also address the issue of falling demand for day care services and allowed savings to be achieved and services re-designed.

RESOLVED:

That the Committee noted the progress and congratulated all involved for the success achieved so far.