Valuing Medway People
Planning better services for people with learning disabilities in Medway
Support - Getting the Help You Need
There are many kinds of learning disability so everyone is different – some people need more help and support than others. Lots of people are there to help if you have a learning disability. One of the most important things the Valuing Medway People Partnership Board does is to get them all to work together so that you get the help you need.
The Partnership Board is working to make sure that people with learning disabilities have good care.
The Government has said that people with learning disabilities are one of the most vulnerable groups in society, and should have their life chances improved by having access to care that is:
- designed around their individual needs
- fast and easy to use
- always of a high standard
- provided with additional support where necessary
The Partnership Board aims to help people have good health by:
- Agreeing a Health Action Plan for Medway. The Plan aims to prevent health care problems and improve choices.
- Recruiting a Learning Disability Nurse
- Training people to be Health Facilitators, so that the needs of people with learning disabilities are understood
- Having regular meetings with health staff at Medway Hospital
Arranging your Care
Medway Council may be able to arrange social care for you. You should talk to your Care Manager If you are already receiving care and your needs have changed, or you have a problem.
If you are contacting the Council for the first time about your care you should telephone the Access and Information Team. Their telephone number is 01634 334466.
Click on the links below for more information about the care services provided by the Council and the NHS
More information
- Learning disability
- Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. Not everyone who has autism or Asperger’s Syndrome have a learning disability.
- People with High Support Needs
You and Your Health
Find out how you can write down information about your health so that people can help you.
Advocacy
Contact Ask Advocacy Services. Contact Us
01843 599471 or 01227 742244
Transitions
The word “transition” means changing from one part of our lives to another. This could be changing from being a child to being an adult or moving on from school and planning what to do with our lives.
There are lots of ways to get help with this. View the Transitions document.
Contact us for a booklet about Transition.
You and Your Health
We know that if you have a learning disability it’s harder for you to get the help and support you need. So we’ve found a way to write down everything about your health and the care you need. It’s called a Medway Person Held Health Record.
All the people that help look after you can find out everything they need to know about you – and you can wite about yourself as well!
Click here to see the new Choosing Health Bid
Click here to see the Medway Person Held Health Record
Click here to see a Hospital Assessment for people with learning disabilities
Click here to see the Health Framework Review from
January 2007
Click here to see the Health Action Planning training evaluation
Click here to see a presentation about Health Action Planning
Click here to see an 'easy read' questionaire about Health
Click here to see an 'easy read' document about Health Action Planning
Click here to see an 'easy read' document about Safeguarding Adults with Learning Disabilities
Lots of people are working together to make sure that vulnerable adults in Medway are not abused.
These include:
Social Services
Health Services
Police
Voluntary Organisations
Independent Organisations
Click here to see a report about what happens in Medway to protect adults from
Click here to see a report about abuse that happened in Cornwall and Sutton.
New Carers Strategy is launched 10 June 2008
The Government has launched a new multi million pound strategy to support, help and improve the lives of Britain’s army of carers.
The Carers Strategy is underpinned by £255 million to implement some immediate steps alongside with medium and long-term plans.
New commitments in the strategy include:
- £150 million towards planned short breaks for carers
- £38 million towards supporting carers to enter or re-enter the job market
- £6 million towards improving support for young carers.
To see the full news story click here to go to the Department of Health website
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/News/Recentstories/DH_085340
Click here to see a flier about the Shout Out Advocacy Group
Medway Carers' Centre is a local service that takes a holistic view of the service users family carers of across a wide age range of adults and children.
The service aims to provide, empower and encourage carers in all aspects of their family caring role, and to maintain their effectiveness in that role, by offering on-going support.
The ethos of the Centre is to consult with its service users, and to respond to their needs.
Medway Carers Centre - 3 Canterbury Street, Gillingham, Kent ME7 5TP
Telephone: 01634 577340 www.medwaycarerscentre.org.uk