Sandwell MBC has been chosen as the demonstrator site for the Social Inclusion and Housing Project run by the National Development Team for Inclusion.
As part of the three year project funded by the Department of Health, the council will work with groups and individuals on developing supported living schemes for people with learning disabilities.
The Social Inclusion Project provides support to local authorities moving away from residential care models to ordinary housing and support, in a way that promotes social inclusion.
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Other initiatives in Sandwell include:
Safe Places Scheme – designed to help people with learning disabilities if they become victims of hate crime, harassment or bullying. Individuals are provided with a card that identifies them as having a learning disability and as a member of the Safe Places Scheme. Printed on it are the words ‘I need help’, the persons name and contact numbers.
Agencies, businesses and public buildings are asked to display the Safe Places Symbol to show they are part of the scheme. This indicates the staff inside are willing and able to help when called upon.
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Partnership with Changing Our Lives – The council is making sure people with learning disabilities are at the forefront of making Valuing People Now happen. Members of the council supported the People’s Parliament, made up of people with learning disabilities, and will join with the self advocacy group Changing Our Lives to write Sandwell’s mission statement for learning disability services.
Changing Our Lives is part funded by Sandwell and acts as a critical friend to statutory bodies. Their work to date includes:
· Ongoing inspection and regulation work with the Care Quality Commission and Sandwell’s contracts unit
· Campaigning against violence in care
· Audit work with Sandwells NHS trusts to ensure services are responsive to the needs of people with learning disabilities.
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