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Strategy for the commissioning of support to people with Physical and/or Sensory Impairment

Meeting: 02/06/2008 - Executive Member for Housing and Adult Social Services Advisory Panel (Item 9)

9 Strategy for the commissioning of support to people with Physical and/or Sensory Impairment pdf icon PDF 47 KB

This report outlines the work undertaken to date to develop a Physical & Sensory Impairment Strategy for adult social care in York.

Additional documents:

Decision:

Advice of Advisory Panel

 

That the Executive Member be advised to:

 

(i)                 Note the attached draft of the first chapters of the Strategy;

(ii)               Approve completion of the Strategy after further consultation;

(iii)             Endorse the proposal to establish a Partnership Board framework for the consideration of further developments that will support people with a physical and / or a sensory impairment within York.

 

Decision of Executive Member

 

RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

 

REASON:      To support the continuing development of the Strategy and the development of a Centre for Independent Living.

Minutes:

Members considered a report which outlined work undertaken to date to develop a Physical and / or Sensory Impairment Strategy for adult social care in York and sought approval for action to progress this work.

 

A draft of the first few chapters of the Strategy was annexed to the report.  Consultation had revealed a strong interest amongst people with a physical and / or sensory impairment for further dialogue in developing the Strategy.  In addition, there was a need for strong partnership working between the Council and people with a disability in order to meet the requirement to put in place a user led Centre for Independent Living (CIL) by 2010.

 

It was therefore recommended that a Partnership Board, involving the Council and representatives from the ‘community’ of people with disabilities be created, to move the Strategy forward and support the development of a CIL.  The Board would be formally linked to the Local Strategic Partnership and the Local Area Agreement by reporting to the Healthy City Board.

 

Advice of Advisory Panel

 

That the Executive Member be advised to:

 

(i)                 Note the attached draft of the first chapters of the Strategy;

(ii)               Approve completion of the Strategy after further consultation;1

(iii)             Endorse the proposal to establish a Partnership Board framework for the consideration of further developments that will support people with a physical and / or a sensory impairment within York.2

 

Decision of Executive Member

 

RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

 

REASON:      To support the continuing development of the Strategy and the development of a Centre for Independent Living.


 

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