Issue - meetings

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 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:

HASS 71 Annex First draft of PSI strategy, item 9 PDF 122 KB

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.