All Age Disabilities Service Strategy 2017 - 2020

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About this Strategy

This strategy sets out the priorities of Redcar & Cleveland Council’s All Age Disabilities Service and the actions we will take to further develop the service. It builds on the progress that the council has made over recent years through implementation of the SEND reforms, as introduced by the Children and Families Act 2014. This has included work undertaken with the parent and carer forum to develop our Local Offer, the implementation of Education Health and Care Plans and collaborative working with health to jointly commission services.

Key to our successes has been the development of the All Age Disabilities Service itself, which brings together a number of functions to ensure streamlined services, improve the transition from childhood to adulthood and help service users maximise their independence. The remit of the All Age Disabilities Service  spans both children and adult services incorporating children and young people with special educational needs (aged 0-25) children and young people with physical disabilities (aged 0-18) and those with a learning disability (all ages). The integration of these functions is enabling service users to make a successful journey to adulthood, by supporting individuals to develop their skills and maximising their independence from an early age. 

We recognise that each child, young person and adult has specific needs. We understand that, even among those with the same registered disability, the way in which this impacts on an individual’s daily life can be very different, as are their wishes, feelings and aspirations. Central to the delivery of this strategy is the ethos that service users and their families should have choice and control over their daily lives and that services should be tailored to meet each individual’s needs. We want people to feel listened to, to feel that they are at the heart of the assessment process and we will provide mechanisms for services users, families and carers to have a voice both individually and collectively.